diff --git a/build-package.sh b/build-package.sh
index 6a75a60e5..22b6e40a0 100755
--- a/build-package.sh
+++ b/build-package.sh
@@ -187,12 +187,6 @@ TERMUX_PKG_MAINTAINER="Fredrik Fornwall <fredrik@fornwall.net>"
 
 # Cleanup old state
 rm -Rf   $TERMUX_PKG_BUILDDIR $TERMUX_PKG_PACKAGEDIR $TERMUX_PKG_SRCDIR $TERMUX_PKG_TMPDIR $TERMUX_PKG_MASSAGEDIR
-# Ensure folders present (but not $TERMUX_PKG_SRCDIR, it will be created in build)
-mkdir -p $TERMUX_PKG_BUILDDIR $TERMUX_PKG_PACKAGEDIR $TERMUX_PKG_TMPDIR $TERMUX_PKG_CACHEDIR $TERMUX_PKG_MASSAGEDIR $PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR $TERMUX_PREFIX/{bin,etc,lib,libexec,share,tmp}
-
-# Make $TERMUX_PREFIX/bin/sh executable on the builder, so that build script can assume that it works
-# on both builder and host later on:
-ln -f -s /bin/sh $TERMUX_PREFIX/bin/sh
 
 # If $TERMUX_PREFIX already exists, it may have been built for a different arch
 TERMUX_ARCH_FILE=/data/TERMUX_ARCH
@@ -220,6 +214,13 @@ if [ -f "${TERMUX_ARCH_FILE}" ]; then
 fi
 echo $TERMUX_ARCH > $TERMUX_ARCH_FILE
 
+# Ensure folders present (but not $TERMUX_PKG_SRCDIR, it will be created in build)
+mkdir -p $TERMUX_PKG_BUILDDIR $TERMUX_PKG_PACKAGEDIR $TERMUX_PKG_TMPDIR $TERMUX_PKG_CACHEDIR $TERMUX_PKG_MASSAGEDIR $PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR $TERMUX_PREFIX/{bin,etc,lib,libexec,share,tmp}
+
+# Make $TERMUX_PREFIX/bin/sh executable on the builder, so that build script can assume that it works
+# on both builder and host later on:
+ln -f -s /bin/sh $TERMUX_PREFIX/bin/sh
+
 if [ ! -f $PKG_CONFIG ]; then
 	echo "Creating pkg-config wrapper..."
 	# We use path to host pkg-config to avoid picking up a cross-compiled pkg-config later on