diff --git a/packages/textproc/expat/build b/packages/textproc/expat/build
index ff69b54b73..3d260f0444 100755
--- a/packages/textproc/expat/build
+++ b/packages/textproc/expat/build
@@ -5,9 +5,8 @@
 $SCRIPTS/build toolchain
 
 cd $PKG_BUILD
-mkdir -p .build-target
+mkdir -p .build-target && cd .build-target
 
-cd .build-target
 ../configure --host=$TARGET_NAME \
              --build=$HOST_NAME \
              --prefix=/usr \