diff --git a/dashboard/dashboard.go b/dashboard/dashboard.go
index 7854e1ea20..6d18a12a23 100644
--- a/dashboard/dashboard.go
+++ b/dashboard/dashboard.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ package dashboard
 //go:generate npm --prefix ./assets install
 //go:generate ./assets/node_modules/.bin/webpack --config ./assets/webpack.config.js --context ./assets
 //go:generate go-bindata -nometadata -o assets.go -prefix assets -nocompress -pkg dashboard assets/public/...
-//go:generate sed -e "s#var _public#//nolint:misspell\\\n&#" -i "" assets.go
+//go:generate sh -c "sed 's#var _public#//nolint:misspell\\\n&#' assets.go > assets.go.tmp && mv assets.go.tmp assets.go"
 //go:generate gofmt -w -s assets.go
 
 import (