diff --git a/scripts/unpack b/scripts/unpack
index 425c2d11a7..3826f0b44c 100755
--- a/scripts/unpack
+++ b/scripts/unpack
@@ -109,11 +109,7 @@ if [ -f $PKG_DIR/package.mk ]; then
     [ ! -d "$BUILD/${PKG_NAME}-${PKG_VERSION}" ] && mkdir -p $BUILD/${PKG_NAME}-${PKG_VERSION}
     cp -PRf $PKG_DIR/sources/* $BUILD/${PKG_NAME}-${PKG_VERSION}
   fi
-else  # todo: deprecated
-  if [ -f "$PKG_DIR/unpack" ]; then
-    $PKG_DIR/unpack $@ >&$VERBOSE_OUT
-  fi
-
+else
   if [ -n "$PKG_URL" ]; then
     $SCRIPTS/extract $1 "$1*.tar.bz2" $BUILD
     $SCRIPTS/extract $1 "$1*.tbz"     $BUILD
@@ -133,6 +129,10 @@ else  # todo: deprecated
     [ ! -d "$BUILD/${PKG_NAME}-${PKG_VERSION}" ] && mkdir -p $BUILD/${PKG_NAME}-${PKG_VERSION}
     cp -PRf $PKG_DIR/sources/* $BUILD/${PKG_NAME}-${PKG_VERSION}
   fi
+  # todo: deprecated
+  if [ -f "$PKG_DIR/unpack" ]; then
+    $PKG_DIR/unpack $@ >&$VERBOSE_OUT
+  fi
 fi
 
 for i in $PKG_DIR/patches/$PKG_NAME-*.patch ; do