diff --git a/scripts/tags.sh b/scripts/tags.sh
index 29c954deb424..91413d45f0fa 100755
--- a/scripts/tags.sh
+++ b/scripts/tags.sh
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ all_compiled_sources()
 	{
 		echo include/generated/autoconf.h
 		find $ignore -name "*.cmd" -exec \
-			grep -Poh '(?(?=^source_.* \K).*|(?=^  \K\S).*(?= \\))' {} \+ |
+			sed -n -E 's/^source_.* (.*)/\1/p; s/^  (\S.*) \\/\1/p' {} \+ |
 		awk '!a[$0]++'
 	} | xargs realpath -es $([ -z "$KBUILD_ABS_SRCTREE" ] && echo --relative-to=.) |
 	sort -u