diff --git a/depends/Makefile b/depends/Makefile
index e10c853c9..f184cfef7 100644
--- a/depends/Makefile
+++ b/depends/Makefile
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ endef
 define check_or_remove_sources
   mkdir -p $($(package)_source_dir); cd $($(package)_source_dir); \
   $(build_SHA256SUM) -c $($(package)_fetched) >/dev/null 2>/dev/null || \
-    ( if test -f $($(package)_all_sources); then echo "Checksum missing or mismatched for $(package) source. Forcing re-download."; fi; \
+    ( ( echo $($(package)_all_sources) | xargs -n 1 test -f ) || echo "Checksum missing or mismatched for $(package) source. Forcing re-download."; \
       rm -f $($(package)_all_sources) $($(1)_fetched))
 endef