diff --git a/modules/src/em_data/build.lua b/modules/src/em_data/build.lua
index 2c6c53184..aa4e8adcd 100644
--- a/modules/src/em_data/build.lua
+++ b/modules/src/em_data/build.lua
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ local generated = normalrule {
 	},
 	commands = {
 		"%{ins[1]} %{ins[2]} %{ins[3]} %{dir} %{dir}",
-		"cat %{outs[1]}",
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/modules/src/em_data/new_table b/modules/src/em_data/new_table
index 70d653989..64dd50026 100755
--- a/modules/src/em_data/new_table
+++ b/modules/src/em_data/new_table
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ $ed - $em_table <<'A' | awk '{print $0,'$m'+i++}' > Z
 1,/^$/d
 1,/^$/g/	/s// /gp
 A
+which awk
+cat Z
 
 i=`wc -l <Y`
 echo 'lpseu' `expr $i + $p - 1` >>X