diff --git a/1992/westley/whereami.alt.sh b/1992/westley/whereami.alt.sh
index 61bac9c86..04195524b 100755
--- a/1992/westley/whereami.alt.sh
+++ b/1992/westley/whereami.alt.sh
@@ -27,14 +27,8 @@ fi
 
 # try getting the columns the simple way first: tput cols
 if ! COLUMNS="$(tput cols)"; then
-    # if tput failed for any reason try stty(1) with awk(1).
-    #
-    # Disable this warning of shellcheck as it's wrong: awk needs single quotes.
-    #
-    # SC2016 (info): Expressions don't expand in single quotes, use double quotes for that.
-    # https://www.shellcheck.net/wiki/SC2016
-    # shellcheck disable=SC2016
-    COLUMNS="$(stty size|awk '{print $NF}')"
+    # if tput failed for any reason try stty(1) with cut(1).
+    COLUMNS="$(stty size|cut -f2 -d' ')"
 fi
 
 if [[ "$COLUMNS" -lt 80 ]]; then
diff --git a/1992/westley/whereami.sh b/1992/westley/whereami.sh
index cf36ebb1a..f15af4952 100755
--- a/1992/westley/whereami.sh
+++ b/1992/westley/whereami.sh
@@ -27,14 +27,8 @@ fi
 
 # try getting the columns the simple way first: tput cols
 if ! COLUMNS="$(tput cols)"; then
-    # if tput failed for any reason try stty(1) with awk(1).
-    #
-    # Disable this warning of shellcheck as it's wrong: awk needs single quotes.
-    #
-    # SC2016 (info): Expressions don't expand in single quotes, use double quotes for that.
-    # https://www.shellcheck.net/wiki/SC2016
-    # shellcheck disable=SC2016
-    COLUMNS="$(stty size|awk '{print $NF}')"
+    # if tput failed for any reason try stty(1) with cut(1).
+    COLUMNS="$(stty size|cut -f2 -d' ')"
 fi
 
 if [[ "$COLUMNS" -lt 80 ]]; then