diff --git a/minimal/do b/minimal/do
index 901e4f3..3c17ac8 100755
--- a/minimal/do
+++ b/minimal/do
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ _run_dofile()
 	if [ "$cmd" != "$line1" ]; then
 		/$cmd "$PWD/$DOFILE" "$@" >"$TARGET.tmp2"
 	else
-		. "$PWD/$DOFILE" >"$TARGET.tmp2"
+		:; . "$PWD/$DOFILE" >"$TARGET.tmp2"
 	fi
 }