diff --git a/scripts/libmakepkg/source/git.sh.in b/scripts/libmakepkg/source/git.sh.in
index 35e31fc1..d9c2416e 100644
--- a/scripts/libmakepkg/source/git.sh.in
+++ b/scripts/libmakepkg/source/git.sh.in
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ download_git() {
 
 	if [[ ! -d "$dir" ]] || dir_is_empty "$dir" ; then
 		msg2 "$(gettext "Cloning %s %s repo...")" "${repo}" "git"
-		if ! git clone --origin=origin ---mirror "$url" "$dir"; then
+		if ! git clone --origin=origin --mirror "$url" "$dir"; then
 			error "$(gettext "Failure while downloading %s %s repo")" "${repo}" "git"
 			plainerr "$(gettext "Aborting...")"
 			exit 1