diff --git a/dev/mima b/dev/mima
index 4c3e65039b1609401c3e7e6b74d5138f832f8212..09e4482af5f3dc4cc5862fb9788d7a906d8b0334 100755
--- a/dev/mima
+++ b/dev/mima
@@ -26,7 +26,9 @@ cd "$FWDIR"
 
 echo -e "q\n" | sbt/sbt oldDeps/update
 
-export SPARK_CLASSPATH=`find lib_managed \( -name '*spark*jar' -a -type f \) -printf "%p:" `
+export SPARK_CLASSPATH=`find lib_managed \( -name '*spark*jar' -a -type f \) | tr "\\n" ":"`
+echo "SPARK_CLASSPATH=$SPARK_CLASSPATH"
+
 ./bin/spark-class org.apache.spark.tools.GenerateMIMAIgnore
 echo -e "q\n" | sbt/sbt mima-report-binary-issues | grep -v -e "info.*Resolving"
 ret_val=$?