diff --git a/scripts/create-mkdebian.sh b/scripts/create-mkdebian.sh
index 415321ed..0404b59c 100644
--- a/scripts/create-mkdebian.sh
+++ b/scripts/create-mkdebian.sh
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@ inifile=$1
 . $dir/ini-tools.sh
 
 cat << EOT
-#format_depends()
-#{
-#	sed 's/  */,/g; s/,\([><=]\+\),*/\1/g; s/, *,/,/g'
-#}
+format_depends()
+{
+	sed 's/  */,/g; s/,\([><=]\+\),*/\1/g; s/, *,*/,/g; s/, *$//'
+}
 
 changelog()
 {
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9)
 
 Package: \$NAME-run
 Architecture: any
-Depends: `echo \${shlibs:Depends}, \${misc:Depends}, \$REQUIRES_RUN, \$REQUIRES_DEVEL | sed 's/  */,/g; s/,\([><=]\+\),*/\1/g; s/, *,*/,/g; s/, *$//'`
+Depends: `echo "\${shlibs:Depends}, \${misc:Depends}, \$REQUIRES_RUN, \$REQUIRES_DEVEL" | format_depends`
 Description: `ini_value summary`
 `ini_value description | sed 's/^/ /'`
 EOF