diff --git a/build_lofar.sh b/build_lofar.sh
index 37a2578dfc484bc8c5f5e055604acc69dfd8e674..9f6c2e2dd2d0706f84720c819467cce4eb6a2872 100755
--- a/build_lofar.sh
+++ b/build_lofar.sh
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ if [ ! -e $prefix/.done ]; then
         git clone https://gitlab.com/aroffringa/aoflagger.git src
         if [ "$aoflagger_version" != "latest" ]; then
             ( cd src && git checkout tags/v$aoflagger_version )
-        fi &&
+        fi
     fi &&
     mkdir build &&
     cd    build &&