diff --git a/config/functions b/config/functions
index e9f7256b4a..ee9b636886 100644
--- a/config/functions
+++ b/config/functions
@@ -1496,7 +1496,7 @@ update_dashboard() {
   [ -n "${BUILD_SUFFIX}" ] && projdevarch+=", ${BUILD_SUFFIX}"
   TZ=UTC0 printf -v elapsed "%(%H:%M:%S)T" $(($(date +%s) - MTBUILDSTART))
   printf -v preamble "%s Dashboard (%s) - %d of %d jobs completed, %s elapsed" "${DISTRONAME}" "${projdevarch}" $((num + 1)) ${MTMAXJOBS} "${elapsed}"
-  printf -v preamble "%b%-105s %s" "\e[2J\e[0;0H" "${preamble//\//\\/}" "$(date "+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")"
+  printf -v preamble "%b%-105s %s" "\e[2J\e[0;0H" "${preamble}" "$(date "+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")"
 
   if [ "${DISABLE_COLORS}" != "yes" ]; then
     boldred="\e[1;31m"
@@ -1514,10 +1514,10 @@ update_dashboard() {
     esac
   fi
 
-  printf -v line "[%0*d\/%0*d] %b%-7s%b %-7s %-35s" ${idwidth} ${MTJOBID} ${#MTMAXJOBS} ${PARALLEL_SEQ:-0} "${color}" "${status//\//\\/}" "${endcolor}" "${task}" "${pkg}"
-  [ -n "${msg}" ] && line+=" ${msg//\//\\/}"
+  printf -v line "[%0*d/%0*d] %b%-7s%b %-7s %-35s" ${idwidth} ${MTJOBID} ${#MTMAXJOBS} ${PARALLEL_SEQ:-0} "${color}" "${status}" "${endcolor}" "${task}" "${pkg}"
+  [ -n "${msg}" ] && line+=" ${msg}"
 
-  sed -e "1s/.*/${preamble}/;$((MTJOBID + 2))s/.*/${line}/" -i "${THREAD_CONTROL}/status"
+  sed -e "1s@.*@${preamble}@;$((MTJOBID + 2))s@.*@${line}@" -i "${THREAD_CONTROL}/status"
 }
 
 # Thread concurrency helpers to avoid concurrency issues with some code,