diff --git a/count-lines-of-code b/count-lines-of-code
index 0aa2817e8..aba98cc0f 100755
--- a/count-lines-of-code
+++ b/count-lines-of-code
@@ -1,5 +1,2 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-E=/tmp/exclude-from-cloc
-echo -e 'kitty/wcwidth9.h\nkitty/unicode-data.h\nkitty/gl.h\nkitty/glfw.c\nkitty/glfw.h' > $E
-cloc --exclude-list-file=$E kitty
-rm $E
+#!/bin/bash
+cloc --exclude-list-file <(echo -e 'kitty/wcwidth9.h\nkitty/unicode-data.h\nkitty/gl.h\nkitty/glfw.c\nkitty/glfw.h') kitty