diff --git a/scripts/libmakepkg/util/option.sh.in b/scripts/libmakepkg/util/option.sh.in
index 46e0568d..3299df9c 100644
--- a/scripts/libmakepkg/util/option.sh.in
+++ b/scripts/libmakepkg/util/option.sh.in
@@ -48,6 +48,30 @@ in_opt_array() {
 }
 
 
+##
+#  usage : check_opt_array( $option, $expected_val, $haystack )
+# return : 0   - matches expected
+#          1   - does not match expected
+#          127 - not found
+##
+check_opt_array() {
+	local option=$1 expected=$2; shift 2
+
+	in_opt_array "$option" "$@"
+	case $? in
+		0) # assert enabled
+			[[ $expected = y ]]
+			return ;;
+		1) # assert disabled
+			[[ $expected = n ]]
+			return ;;
+	esac
+
+	# not found
+	return 127
+}
+
+
 ##
 # Checks to see if options are present in makepkg.conf or PKGBUILD;
 # PKGBUILD options always take precedence.
@@ -58,29 +82,7 @@ in_opt_array() {
 #          127 - not found
 ##
 check_option() {
-	in_opt_array "$1" ${options[@]}
-	case $? in
-		0) # assert enabled
-			[[ $2 = y ]]
-			return ;;
-		1) # assert disabled
-			[[ $2 = n ]]
-			return
-	esac
-
-	# fall back to makepkg.conf options
-	in_opt_array "$1" ${OPTIONS[@]}
-	case $? in
-		0) # assert enabled
-			[[ $2 = y ]]
-			return ;;
-		1) # assert disabled
-			[[ $2 = n ]]
-			return
-	esac
-
-	# not found
-	return 127
+	check_opt_array "$@" "${OPTIONS[@]}" "${options[@]}"
 }
 
 
@@ -93,20 +95,10 @@ check_option() {
 #          127 - not found
 ##
 check_buildenv() {
-	in_opt_array "$1" ${BUILDENV[@]}
-	case $? in
-		0) # assert enabled
-			[[ $2 = "y" ]]
-			return ;;
-		1) # assert disabled
-			[[ $2 = "n" ]]
-			return ;;
-	esac
-
-	# not found
-	return 127
+	check_opt_array "$@" "${BUILDENV[@]}"
 }
 
+
 ##
 # Checks to see if options are present in BUILDENV or PKGBUILD;
 # PKGBUILD options always take precedence.
@@ -117,26 +109,5 @@ check_buildenv() {
 #          127 - not found
 ##
 check_buildoption() {
-	in_opt_array "$1" ${options[@]}
-	case $? in
-		0) # assert enabled
-			[[ $2 = y ]]
-			return ;;
-		1) # assert disabled
-			[[ $2 = n ]]
-			return
-	esac
-
-	in_opt_array "$1" ${BUILDENV[@]}
-	case $? in
-		0) # assert enabled
-			[[ $2 = y ]]
-			return ;;
-		1) # assert disabled
-			[[ $2 = n ]]
-			return
-	esac
-
-	# not found
-	return 127
+	check_opt_array "$@" "${BUILDENV[@]}" "${options[@]}"
 }