diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/fetchgit/nix-prefetch-git b/pkgs/build-support/fetchgit/nix-prefetch-git
index 7082c86a2d2a..01675ed02a78 100755
--- a/pkgs/build-support/fetchgit/nix-prefetch-git
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/fetchgit/nix-prefetch-git
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ else
 
   # If the hash was given, a file with that hash may already be in the
   # store.
-  if -n "$expHash"; then
+  if test -n "$expHash"; then
       finalPath=$(nix-store --print-fixed-path --recursive "$hashType" "$expHash" git-export)
       if ! nix-store --check-validity "$finalPath" 2> /dev/null; then
           finalPath=
@@ -251,4 +251,4 @@ else
   if test -n "$PRINT_PATH"; then
       echo $finalPath
   fi
-fi
\ No newline at end of file
+fi