diff --git a/tests/verific/run-test.sh b/tests/verific/run-test.sh
index 2e340916d..1d39e2093 100755
--- a/tests/verific/run-test.sh
+++ b/tests/verific/run-test.sh
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 set -eu
 source ../gen-tests-makefile.sh
 generate_mk --yosys-scripts --bash
-sed -i '1i\export ASAN_OPTIONS=halt_on_error=0' run-test.mk
+echo "$(echo 'export ASAN_OPTIONS=halt_on_error=0'; cat run-test.mk)" > run-test.mk
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