diff --git a/kiss b/kiss
index e490341..7fc7545 100755
--- a/kiss
+++ b/kiss
@@ -956,7 +956,7 @@ pkg_install() {
                 # old = X, sys = X, new = Y
                 ${sum_old}${sum_old}${sum_old}|\
                 ${sum_old:-null}${sum_sys}${sum_sys}|\
-                ${sum_sys}${sum_old}*) ;;
+                ${sum_sys}${sum_old}*) new= ;;
 
                 # All other cases.
                 *) log "$pkg_name" "WARN: saving $file as $file.new"
@@ -965,8 +965,6 @@ pkg_install() {
 
             cp -af "$file"  "$KISS_ROOT/${file}${new}"
             chown root:root "$KISS_ROOT/${file}${new}"
-
-            new=
         done ||:
     )