diff --git a/scripts/package b/scripts/package
index e7b6b58adf94cfd31bf177f5ad12a4c8b4bafc96..5355ee849da02226d2afeac29b99347647e00546 100755
--- a/scripts/package
+++ b/scripts/package
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ add_pkguser() {
 
 export_srcarchive() {
     if [ "${1}" ]; then
-        $(cd "${PROJDIR}" && git archive --prefix="${PKGNAME}/" --output="${1}" HEAD)
+        (cd "${PROJDIR}" && git archive --prefix="${PKGNAME}/" --output="${1}" HEAD)
     fi
 }