diff --git a/templates/build_icon.sh b/templates/build_icon.sh
index 6739ade38773450f1ada91004665c1b53b21c832..4d7520c2449f2e36c7ae0b8ffb7bd36152094dd3 100644
--- a/templates/build_icon.sh
+++ b/templates/build_icon.sh
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ fi
 eccodes_version=$(spack find eccodes | grep eccodes@ | cut -d "@" -f 2)
 
 definitions_tar_file=eccodes_definitions.edzw-${eccodes_version}-1.tar.bz2
-if [ ! -f ${definitions_tar_file}]; then:
+if [ ! -f ${definitions_tar_file}]; then
   defs_url=https://opendata.dwd.de/weather/lib/grib/${definitions_tar_file}
   wget ${defs_url}