diff --git a/inxi b/inxi
index bfede02..3019b72 100755
--- a/inxi
+++ b/inxi
@@ -1189,7 +1189,7 @@ get_networking_data()
 get_uptime()
 {
 	## note: removing gsub(/ /,"",a); to get get space back in there, goes right before print a
-	local up_time=$( uptime | gawk '{ a = gensub(/^.*up *([^,]*).*$/,"\\1","g",$0); gsub(/ /,"-",a); print a }' )
+	local up_time=$( uptime | gawk '{ a = gensub(/^.*up *([^,]*).*$/,"\\1","g",$0); print a }' )
 	
 	echo "$up_time"
 }