diff --git a/bin/cdist-remote-explorer-run b/bin/cdist-remote-explorer-run
index 028f8d7d..cef91e0d 100755
--- a/bin/cdist-remote-explorer-run
+++ b/bin/cdist-remote-explorer-run
@@ -25,9 +25,7 @@
 #
 
 . cdist-config
-if [ $# -ne 3 ]; then
-   __cdist_usage "<variable name> <explorer dir> <out dir>"
-fi
+[ $# -eq 3 ] || __cdist_usage "<variable name> <explorer dir> <out dir>"
 set -ue
 
 # Variable that defines the home of the explorers