diff --git a/dkarm-eabi/rules/base_tools b/dkarm-eabi/rules/base_tools
index 2bd1a82..4fd3ed3 100644
--- a/dkarm-eabi/rules/base_tools
+++ b/dkarm-eabi/rules/base_tools
@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# change shell on Snow Leopard
+# make sure we have bash on OSX
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 UNAME_S	:=	$(shell uname -s)
 UNAME_R	:=	$(shell uname -r)
 
 ifneq (,$(findstring Darwin,$(UNAME_S)))
-	ifneq (,$(findstring 10.8.0,$(UNAME_R)))
-		export SHELL=/bin/bash
-	endif
+	export SHELL=/bin/bash
 endif
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # path to tools