diff --git a/subr/pkg_install.subr b/subr/pkg_install.subr
index a22a454..958c4dd 100644
--- a/subr/pkg_install.subr
+++ b/subr/pkg_install.subr
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ pkgp_install_dlltool() {
 			_lib_fname="${_so_name}${_so_fname_ver:+.${_so_fname_ver}}.lib.a";
 			if [ -e "${PKG_PREFIX}/lib/${_lib_fname}" ]			\
 			|| [ ! -e "${PKG_PREFIX}/lib/$(basename "${_so_fname}")" ]	\
-			|| [ "$(readlink -f "${_so_fname}")" = "/dev/null" \) ]; then
+			|| [ "$(readlink -f "${_so_fname}")" = "/dev/null" ]; then
 				continue;
 			else
 				echo perk -e "${_so_fname}"				\|\