diff --git a/srcpkgs/xcursor-retrosmart/template b/srcpkgs/xcursor-retrosmart/template
index 56d2d6a0b46..f8e2ee67ab8 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/xcursor-retrosmart/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/xcursor-retrosmart/template
@@ -11,10 +11,10 @@ maintainer="luca <luca@snaile.de>"
 distfiles="https://github.com/mdomlop/retrosmart-x11-cursors/archive/refs/tags/3.1a.tar.gz"
 
 pre_fetch() {
-    if ! cd "$XBPS_SRCDISTDIR"; then
+    cd "$XBPS_SRCDISTDIR" || {
         msg_error "$pkgver: cannot change dir to $XBPS_BUILDDIR!\n"
         exit 1
-    fi
+    }
 
     url="${distfiles}"
     distfile="$(basename "$url")"