diff --git a/tools/libvirt-guests.sh.in b/tools/libvirt-guests.sh.in
index 791d9277b5..8a158cca43 100644
--- a/tools/libvirt-guests.sh.in
+++ b/tools/libvirt-guests.sh.in
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ list_guests() {
         return 1
     fi
 
-    echo "$list" | grep -v 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
+    echo "$list" | sed "/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000/d"
 }
 
 # guest_name URI UUID