diff --git a/scripts/repo-add.sh.in b/scripts/repo-add.sh.in
index 4656f270..faa42fc1 100644
--- a/scripts/repo-add.sh.in
+++ b/scripts/repo-add.sh.in
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ add() {
 	fi
 
 	pkgfile=$1
-	if ! bsdtar -tqf "$pkgfile" .PKGINFO >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+	if ! bsdtar -tqf "$pkgfile" .PKGINFO >/dev/null; then
 		error "$(gettext "'%s' is not a package file, skipping")" "$pkgfile"
 		return 1
 	fi