diff --git a/sysb/init b/sysb/init
index 4884a44..9925303 100755
--- a/sysb/init
+++ b/sysb/init
@@ -37,8 +37,7 @@ install_tar util-linux-2.19.1 0
 # Begin sysb bootstrapping process
 cd "${SOURCES}"
 
-# shellcheck disable=SC2129
-echo "PREFIX=${PREFIX}" >> .env
+echo "PREFIX=${PREFIX}" > .env
 echo "SOURCES=${SOURCES}" >> .env
 
 exec ./run.sh
diff --git a/sysc/init b/sysc/init
index 2d11de0..6f76f76 100755
--- a/sysc/init
+++ b/sysc/init
@@ -63,8 +63,8 @@ ln -s /usr/bin/bash /usr/bin/sh
 # Begin sysc bootstrapping process
 cd "${SOURCES}"
 
+echo "PREFIX=${PREFIX}" > .env
 # shellcheck disable=SC2129
-echo "PREFIX=${PREFIX}" >> .env
 echo "SOURCES=${SOURCES}" >> .env
 echo "DESTDIR=${DESTDIR}" >> .env
 echo "DISTFILES=${DISTFILES}" >> .env