diff --git a/common/xbps-src/shutils/pkgtarget.sh b/common/xbps-src/shutils/pkgtarget.sh
index 620507f3dcf..addd7eb0602 100644
--- a/common/xbps-src/shutils/pkgtarget.sh
+++ b/common/xbps-src/shutils/pkgtarget.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # vim: set ts=4 sw=4 et:
 
 check_pkg_arch() {
-    local cross="$1" err="$2" _arch f found
+    local cross="$1" _arch f found
 
     if [ -n "$only_for_archs" ]; then
         if [ -n "$cross" ]; then
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ check_pkg_arch() {
         done
         if [ -z "$found" ]; then
             msg_red "$pkgname: this package cannot be built for ${_arch}.\n"
-            exit ${err:=0}
+            exit 2
         fi
     fi
 }
diff --git a/common/xbps-src/shutils/show.sh b/common/xbps-src/shutils/show.sh
index 20e0c9c9920..dc89df26be3 100644
--- a/common/xbps-src/shutils/show.sh
+++ b/common/xbps-src/shutils/show.sh
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ show_pkg_files() {
 show_pkg_build_deps() {
     local f x _pkgname _dep found
 
-    check_pkg_arch "$XBPS_CROSS_BUILD" 1
+    check_pkg_arch "$XBPS_CROSS_BUILD"
     setup_pkg_depends
     # build time deps
     for f in ${host_build_depends} ${build_depends} ${run_depends}; do