diff --git a/scripts/dummy-tools/gcc b/scripts/dummy-tools/gcc
index 7b10332b23ba..39e65fee59bd 100755
--- a/scripts/dummy-tools/gcc
+++ b/scripts/dummy-tools/gcc
@@ -57,9 +57,9 @@ if arg_contain --version "$@"; then
 fi
 
 if arg_contain -E "$@"; then
-	# For scripts/gcc-version.sh; This emulates GCC 20.0.0
+	# For scripts/cc-version.sh; This emulates GCC 20.0.0
 	if arg_contain - "$@"; then
-		sed 's/^__GNUC__$/20/; s/^__GNUC_MINOR__$/0/; s/^__GNUC_PATCHLEVEL__$/0/'
+		sed -n '/^GCC/{s/__GNUC__/20/; s/__GNUC_MINOR__/0/; s/__GNUC_PATCHLEVEL__/0/; p;}'
 		exit 0
 	else
 		echo "no input files" >&2