diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/psst/update.sh b/pkgs/applications/audio/psst/update.sh
index 4b10ca373be3..4ffa9417f040 100755
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/psst/update.sh
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/psst/update.sh
@@ -21,14 +21,11 @@ rev="$1"
 set -euo pipefail
 
 if [ -z "$rev" ]; then
-    response="$(wget -O- "${TOKEN_ARGS[@]}" "https://api.github.com/repos/jpochyla/psst/commits?per_page=1")"
-    rev="$(jq -r '.[0].sha' <<< "$response")"
-    date="$(jq -r '.[0].commit.author.date' <<< "$response" | cut -dT -f1)"
-else
-    response="$(wget -O- "${TOKEN_ARGS[@]}" "https://api.github.com/repos/jpochyla/psst/commits/$rev")"
-    date="$(jq -r '.commit.author.date' <<< "$response" | cut -dT -f1)"
+    rev="$(wget -O- "${TOKEN_ARGS[@]}" "https://api.github.com/repos/jpochyla/psst/commits?per_page=1" | jq -r '.[0].sha')"
 fi
 
+date="$(wget -O- "${TOKEN_ARGS[@]}" "https://api.github.com/repos/jpochyla/psst/commits/$rev" | jq -r '.commit.author.date' | cut -dT -f1)"
+
 version="unstable-$date"
 
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