diff --git a/lib/utils.bash b/lib/utils.bash
index 91c06c51..df0c9430 100644
--- a/lib/utils.bash
+++ b/lib/utils.bash
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ get_asdf_config_value_from_file() {
   fi
 
   local result
-  result=$(grep -E "^\\s*$key\\s*=\\s*" "$config_path" | head | awk -F '=' '{print $2}' | sed -e 's/^[[:space:]]*//' -e 's/[[:space:]]*$//')
+  result=$(grep -E "^\\s*$key\\s*=\\s*" "$config_path" | head | sed -e 's/^[^=]*= *//' -e 's/^[[:space:]]*//' -e 's/[[:space:]]*$//')
   if [ -n "$result" ]; then
     printf "%s\\n" "$result"
     return 0