--- python/Makefile.am.orig	2019-01-31 10:32:27.000000000 -0800
+++ python/Makefile.am	2020-03-14 19:33:13.000000000 -0700
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 	$(NULL)
 
 _ontology.py: $(ONTOLOGY) $(top_srcdir)/data/ontology2code
-	@echo -e "#\n# Auto-generated from .trig files. Do not edit.\n#" > $@
+	@echo "#\n# Auto-generated from .trig files. Do not edit.\n#" > $@
 	$(AM_V_GEN)$(PYTHON) $(top_srcdir)/data/ontology2code --dump-python >> $@
 
 CLEANFILES = \
