diff --git a/inxi b/inxi
index 0c27608..c6b4a39 100755
--- a/inxi
+++ b/inxi
@@ -1265,7 +1265,6 @@ get_cmdline()
 get_audio_data()
 {
 	local i='' alsa_data='' alsa_driver='' device_count='' usb_proc_file=''
-	local usb_data='' usb_data_id=''
 
 	IFS=$'\n'
 	# this first step handles the drivers for cases where the second step fails to find one
@@ -1387,19 +1386,12 @@ get_audio_data()
 			# also, find the contents of usbid in lsusb and print everything after the 7th word on the corresponding line
 			# finally, strip out commas as they will change the driver :)
 			# lsusb is not contained in some users paths, hardcode it!
-			usb_data_id=$( cat $usb_proc_file/usbid )
-			usb_data=$( lsusb -v 2>/dev/null | grep <<< $usb_data_id )
-			usb_data=$( sed 's/,/ /' <<< $usb_data ) # replace with gawk but use for now
-			usb_data=$( gawk '{
-				for( i=7; i < NF; i++ ) {
-					 printf($i " ")
-				}
-				printf "\n"
-			}' <<< $usb_data )
+			A_AUDIO_DATA=( "${A_AUDIO_DATA[@]}" \
+				"$( lsusb -v 2>/dev/null |\
+				grep  $( cat $usb_proc_file/usbid )  |\
+				gawk '{ for( i=7; i<NF; i++) { printf($i " ") } printf "\n" }' |\
+				sed "s/,/ /"),snd-usb-audio" )
 
-			if [[ -n "$usb_data" ]];then
-				A_AUDIO_DATA=( "${A_AUDIO_DATA[@]}" "$usb_data,snd-usb-audio" )
-			fi
 		fi
 	done