diff --git a/scripts/pentoo-updater.sh b/scripts/pentoo-updater.sh
index 68798bd04..1ac9cec81 100755
--- a/scripts/pentoo-updater.sh
+++ b/scripts/pentoo-updater.sh
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ if [ -n "${removeme}" ]; then
   printf "Removing old setuptools_scm...\n"
   emerge -C "=${removeme}"
 fi
-if [ "$(portageq match / '=sys-devel/binutils-2.32-r1')" = '=sys-devel/binutils-2.32-r1' ]; then
+if [ -n "$(portageq match / '>=sys-devel/binutils-2.32-r1')" ]; then
   removeme2=$(portageq match / '<sys-devel/binutils-2.32-r1')
   if [ -n "${removeme2}" ]; then
     printf "Removing old/broken binutils...\n"