diff --git a/perl-xCAT/xCAT/zvmUtils.pm b/perl-xCAT/xCAT/zvmUtils.pm
index d18008afb..f8de180dc 100644
--- a/perl-xCAT/xCAT/zvmUtils.pm
+++ b/perl-xCAT/xCAT/zvmUtils.pm
@@ -2393,7 +2393,7 @@ sub getFreeRepoSpace {
     if ($master eq $ip) {
         # If the master IP and node IP match, then it is the management node
         my $out = `$sudo /bin/df -h /install | sed 1d`;
-        $out =~ s/\h+/ /g;
+        # causing problems on other platforms $out =~ s/\h+/ /g;$out =~ s/\h+/ /g;
         my @results = split(' ', $out);
         return ($results[3]);
     }