diff --git a/archiver/tar/tar.conf b/archiver/tar/tar.conf
index bd94e2cae..2a1433aa3 100644
--- a/archiver/tar/tar.conf
+++ b/archiver/tar/tar.conf
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ var_append confopt ' ' '-C'
 atstage cross && var_append configcache ' ' "ac_cv_c_restrict=__restrict"
 
 if ! atstage toolchain; then
-	hook_add postmake 5 "mv -v $root/usr/bin/tar $root/bin/tar ; \
+	hook_add postmake 5 "mv -v $root/usr/bin/tar $root/bin/tar"
 	# put 'rmt' into sbin directory
 	var_append extraconfopt ' ' '--libexecdir=$sbindir'
 fi