diff --git a/burrow b/burrow
index b213c25..e231d93 100755
--- a/burrow
+++ b/burrow
@@ -566,12 +566,8 @@ getline () {
   _var=${2:-_line}
   _default="$3"
   if [ -t 0 ]; then
-    if [ -n "$BASH_VERSION" ]; then
-      read -erp "$1: " "$_var"
-    else
-      printf "%s: " "$1"
-      IFS= read -r "$_var"
-    fi
+    printf "%s: " "$1"
+    IFS= read -r "$_var"
     # use default if possible when input is blank
     _val=$(eval echo \$${_var})
     if [ ! -n "$_val" ] && [ -n "$_default" ]; then