diff --git a/plugins/node.d.sunos/if_.in b/plugins/node.d.sunos/if_.in
index c2243a6e3e..65cf007e72 100644
--- a/plugins/node.d.sunos/if_.in
+++ b/plugins/node.d.sunos/if_.in
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ fi
 
 if [ "$1" = "suggest" ]; then
 	if [ -x /usr/bin/kstat ]; then
-		kstat -p -m '/^(link)/' -s rbytes64 | awk -F: '{ print $3 }'
+		kstat -p -s rbytes64 | awk -F: '$3 != "mac" { print $3 }'
 		exit 0
 	else
 		exit 1
@@ -87,5 +87,5 @@ if [ "$1" = "config" ]; then
 	exit 0
 fi;
 
-kstat -p -m '/^(link)/' -n $INTERFACE -s '*bytes64' | sed \
+kstat -p -n $INTERFACE -s '*bytes64' | sed \
 	's/.*\(.bytes\)64./\1.value /'
diff --git a/plugins/node.d.sunos/if_err_.in b/plugins/node.d.sunos/if_err_.in
index 2fd74fddf9..a0b0dcbe16 100644
--- a/plugins/node.d.sunos/if_err_.in
+++ b/plugins/node.d.sunos/if_err_.in
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ fi
 
 if [ "$1" = "suggest" ]; then
 	if [ -x /usr/bin/kstat ]; then
-		kstat -p -m '/^(?!unix)/' -n '/^(?!mac$)/' -s ierrors | awk -F: '{ print $3 }'
+		kstat -p -s ierrors | awk -F: '$1 != "unix" && $3 != "mac" { print $3 }'
 		exit 0
 	else
 		exit 1
@@ -88,8 +88,8 @@ if [ "$1" = "config" ]; then
 	exit 0
 fi;
 
-kstat -p -m '/^(?!unix)/' -n $INTERFACE -s '/^([io]errors|collisions)$/' | awk -F: '
-{
+kstat -p -n $INTERFACE -s '/^([io]errors|collisions)$/' | awk -F: '
+$1 != "unix" {
 	split($4, four, "\t")
 	print four[1] ".value", four[2]
 }'