diff --git a/src/etc/etc.alpha/MAKEDEV b/src/etc/etc.alpha/MAKEDEV
index bf2dfd95..3ff60cf4 100644
--- a/src/etc/etc.alpha/MAKEDEV
+++ b/src/etc/etc.alpha/MAKEDEV
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/sh -
-#	$OpenBSD: MAKEDEV,v 1.15 1997/05/07 12:52:22 niklas Exp $
+#	$OpenBSD: MAKEDEV,v 1.16 1997/05/10 23:01:47 millert Exp $
 #	$NetBSD: MAKEDEV,v 1.8.4.1 1996/06/18 00:41:56 cgd Exp $
 #
 # Copyright (c) 1990 The Regents of the University of California.
@@ -116,9 +116,8 @@ std)
 fd)
 	rm -f fd/*
 	mkdir fd > /dev/null 2>&1
-	(cd fd && eval `echo "" | awk ' BEGIN { \
-		for (i = 0; i < 64; i++) \
-			printf("mknod %d c 10 %d;", i, i)}'`)
+	n=0
+	(cd fd && while [ $n -lt 64 ]; do mknod $n c 24 $n; n="$(( $n + 1 ))"; done)
 	chown -R root.wheel fd
 	chmod 555 fd
 	chmod 666 fd/*
@@ -223,11 +222,15 @@ pty*)
 	case $class in
 	0|1|2|3|4)
 		umask 0
-		eval `echo $offset $name | awk ' { b=$1; n=$2 } END {
-			for (i = 0; i < 16; i++)
-				printf("rm -f tty%s%x; mknod tty%s%x c 4 %d;" \
-				    "rm -f pty%s%x; mknod pty%s%x c 5 %d; ", \
-				    n, i, n, i, b+i, n, i, n, i, b+i); }'`
+		n=0
+		while [ $n -lt 16 ]
+		do
+			nam=$name`hex $n`
+			rm -rf {tty,pty}$n
+			mknod tty$nam c 5 "$(( $offset + $n ))"
+			mknod pty$nam c 6 "$(( $offset + $n ))"
+			n="$(( $n + 1 ))"
+		done
 		umask 77
 		if [ $class = 1 ]; then
 			mv ttyqf ttyv0; mv ptyqf ptyv0