diff --git a/run.sh b/run.sh
index bd4296f..4ce1f8a 100755
--- a/run.sh
+++ b/run.sh
@@ -6,14 +6,10 @@ version=$(cat $built_dir/version)
 repo_dir=${REPO_DIR:-/repo}
 
 # skip if already up-to-date
-# this is the easiest way to make sure it doesn't just fail because no polycat-* exists
-touch polycat-tmp
-if $(ls $repo_dir/polycat-* | grep -q "$version"); then
-    rm polycat-tmp
+if $(ls polycat-* | grep -q "$version"); then
     echo "package is already up to date, exiting"
     exit
 fi
-rm polycat-tmp
 
 # prep
 dnf install fedora-packager rpmdevtools createrepo_c -y