diff --git a/scripts/package b/scripts/package
index f6e3be145765902279c1d2aa34a02c731db836e9..c6e58f585755af78c417f0b71bbd87807d1fe679 100755
--- a/scripts/package
+++ b/scripts/package
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ add_pkguser() {
 
 export_srcarchive() {
     if [ "${1}" ]; then
-        log="$(cd "${PROJDIR}" && git archive --prefix="${PKGNAME}/" --output="${1}" HEAD)"
+        (cd "${PROJDIR}" && git archive --prefix="${PKGNAME}/" --output="${1}" HEAD)
     fi
 }