1 files changed, 1 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/makedist b/makedist
index 94090a1f..1c5553a1 100755
--- a/makedist
+++ b/makedist
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ make clean || exit 1
 version=$1
 shift
 
-if [ "$1" != "dev" ]
+if ! [ "$version" = "dev" ]
 then
 
 ROCKSPEC="luarocks-$version-1.rockspec"
@@ -119,8 +119,6 @@ out="luarocks-$version"
 rm -rf "$out"
 mkdir "$out"
 
-shift
-
 git ls-files | while read i
 do
    if [ -f "$i" ]