diff --git a/scripts/rust_is_available.sh b/scripts/rust_is_available.sh
index 7e0368babe64..810691af66eb 100755
--- a/scripts/rust_is_available.sh
+++ b/scripts/rust_is_available.sh
@@ -157,9 +157,7 @@ fi
 # of the `libclang` found by the Rust bindings generator is suitable.
 bindgen_libclang_version=$( \
 	echo "$bindgen_libclang_output" \
-		| grep -F 'clang version ' \
-		| grep -oE '[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+' \
-		| head -n 1 \
+		| sed -nE 's:.*clang version ([0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+).*:\1:p'
 )
 bindgen_libclang_min_version=$($min_tool_version llvm)
 bindgen_libclang_cversion=$(get_canonical_version $bindgen_libclang_version)