diff --git a/tl b/tl
index 87e22b964..c18177165 100755
--- a/tl
+++ b/tl
@@ -259,8 +259,7 @@ end
 -- Build system (deprecated, use Cyan)
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--- local has_lfs, lfs = pcall(require, "lfs")
-local has_lfs = false
+local has_lfs, lfs = pcall(require, "lfs")
 
 local build
 if has_lfs then