diff --git a/srcpkgs/mmv/template b/srcpkgs/mmv/template
index 6685c0ece6e..a2b8fe324bc 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/mmv/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/mmv/template
@@ -14,5 +14,7 @@ checksum=11346686634000e22aa909e08d9d450237c4b61062779935cbd81df78efad72d
 
 pre_build() {
 	rm -f mmv.1
-	[ "$CROSS_BUILD" ] && vsed -i 's:./mmv:/usr/bin/qemu-${XBPS_TARGET_QEMU_MACHINE}-static &:' build-aux/mmv-help2man-wrapper
+	if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
+		vsed -i 's:./mmv:/usr/bin/qemu-${XBPS_TARGET_QEMU_MACHINE}-static &:' build-aux/mmv-help2man-wrapper
+	fi
 }