diff --git a/include/rom.sh b/include/rom.sh
index 29741df..6020614 100644
--- a/include/rom.sh
+++ b/include/rom.sh
@@ -60,8 +60,7 @@ cook_coreboot_config()
 check_coreboot_utils()
 {
 	for util in cbfstool ifdtool; do
-		[ "$badhash" = "n" ] || rm -f "elf/$util/$1/$util" || \
-		    $err "!rm badelf elf/$util/$1/$util"
+		[ "$badhash" = "y" ] && x_ rm -f "elf/$util/$1/$util"
 		e "elf/$util/$1/$util" f && continue
 
 		utilelfdir="elf/$util/$1"