diff --git a/inxi b/inxi
index a35f70f..cb8d8f8 100755
--- a/inxi
+++ b/inxi
@@ -9467,9 +9467,7 @@ get_dev_processed_item()
 
 get_patch_version_string()
 {
-	# note: bash 3 does not support: ${SELF_PATCH##+(0)}
-	SELF_PATCH=${SELF_PATCH#0} # strip leading zero
-	SELF_PATCH=${SELF_PATCH#0} # strip leading zero
+	SELF_PATCH=${SELF_PATCH##*[0]} # strip leading zero(s)
 	
 	if [[ -n $SELF_PATCH ]];then
 		SELF_PATCH="-$SELF_PATCH"