diff --git a/include/get.sh b/include/get.sh
index 959bdd6e..0b0c7f71 100644
--- a/include/get.sh
+++ b/include/get.sh
@@ -89,16 +89,7 @@ git_prep()
 		x_ xbmkdir "${_loc%/*}"
 	fi
 
-	if [ -z "$_loc" ]; then
-		# we only used git_prep to update caches, on
-		# a multi-tree project. tmpgit is useless now.
-
-		x_ rm -Rf "$tmpgit"
-	else
-		# actual downloaded
-
-		x_ mv "$tmpgit" "$_loc"
-	fi
+	x_ mv "$tmpgit" "$_loc"
 }
 
 fetch_submodule()