diff --git a/clean_build.sh b/clean_build.sh
index 290d570e..c78a03a8 100755
--- a/clean_build.sh
+++ b/clean_build.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ mkdir build || exit 1
 cd build || exit 1
 # some environments have cmake v2 as 'cmake' and v3 as 'cmake3'
 # check for cmake3 first then fallback to just cmake
-B_CMAKE=`which cmake3 2>/dev/null`
+B_CMAKE=`type cmake3 2>/dev/null | cut -d' ' -f3`
 [ $? -ne 0 -o "x$B_CMAKE" = "x" ] && B_CMAKE=cmake
 # default build configuration
 B_BUILD_TYPE=${B_BUILD_TYPE:-Debug}