diff --git a/attributes/default.rb b/attributes/default.rb
index 4d0d8f59f89f138c40057f43ed4e05c254fac0f5..6c9e4d639442990f88f84efceb440f1a3c887bd7 100644
--- a/attributes/default.rb
+++ b/attributes/default.rb
@@ -15,8 +15,7 @@ default['typo3_site']['download_typo3'] = false
 default['typo3_site']['typo3_version'] = '7.6'
 default['typo3_site']['deploy_dump'] = '~/site/dump.sql'
 
-version = String(`awk '/DISTRIB_RELEASE=/' /etc/lsb-release | sed 's/DISTRIB_RELEASE=//' | sed 's/[.]/./' | tr -d '\n'`)
-if version == '16.04'
+if node['platform_version'] == '16.04'
 	default['typo3_site']['mysql_version'] = '5.7'
 else
 	default['typo3_site']['mysql_version'] = '5.6'
diff --git a/recipes/default.rb b/recipes/default.rb
index 629c5e49dc74e725932f004a924deb46fbca8598..cdbb447a79689b4d07250ba64f0beca6470acf8a 100644
--- a/recipes/default.rb
+++ b/recipes/default.rb
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 # THE SOFTWARE.
 
 data_bag = data_bag_item('apps', 'global')
-version = String(`awk '/DISTRIB_RELEASE=/' /etc/lsb-release | sed 's/DISTRIB_RELEASE=//' | sed 's/[.]/./' | tr -d '\n'`)
 
 ##########################
 ### Add hostname entry ###
@@ -47,7 +46,7 @@ include_recipe 'graphicsmagick'
 include_recipe 'apache2'
 include_recipe 'apache2::mod_ssl'
 
-if version == '16.04'
+if node['platform_version'] == '16.04'
 	include_recipe 'apache2::mod_fcgid'
 	%w(php php-cli php-curl php-intl php-gd php-mcrypt php-mysql ).each do |name|
 		package name do
@@ -67,7 +66,7 @@ end
 ### Modify PHP Configuration ###
 ################################
 
-if version == '16.04'
+if node['platform_version'] == '16.04'
 	replace_or_add 'Increase time limit' do
 		path '/etc/php/7.0/fpm/php.ini'
 		pattern 'max_execution_time =.*'