diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 661c139..8e25931 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -585,7 +585,7 @@ stamps/build-single: stamps/configure-single
 		LDFLAGS="-Wl,-z,relro"
 ifeq ($(DEB_BUILD_GNU_TYPE),$(DEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE))
 ifeq ($(with_check),yes)
-	-env MAKE="$(MAKE) VERSION=$(SINGLE_VERSION)" \
+	env MAKE="$(MAKE) VERSION=$(SINGLE_VERSION)" \
 	  $(call SET_MULTIARCH_ENV,$(DEB_HOST_ARCH)) \
 	    $(MAKE) -C builddir-single -k check
 	cat builddir-single/binutils/binutils.sum \