diff --git a/content/en/docs/setup/independent/create-cluster-kubeadm.md b/content/en/docs/setup/independent/create-cluster-kubeadm.md
index 4eb339a1be..fffad98a1d 100644
--- a/content/en/docs/setup/independent/create-cluster-kubeadm.md
+++ b/content/en/docs/setup/independent/create-cluster-kubeadm.md
@@ -326,9 +326,7 @@ Weave Net sets hairpin mode by default. This allows Pods to access themselves vi
 if they don't know their PodIP.
 
 ```shell
-export kubever=$(kubectl version | base64 | tr -d '
-')
-kubectl apply -f "https://cloud.weave.works/k8s/net?k8s-version=$kubever"
+kubectl apply -f "https://cloud.weave.works/k8s/net?k8s-version=$(kubectl version | base64 | tr -d '\n')"
 ```
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