diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 68994aba3..66aedc258 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 ZSH := $(shell command -v zsh 2> /dev/null)
 SRC := share/{'git-process-output','rpm2cpio'}.zsh zinit{'','-additional','-autoload','-install','-side'}.zsh
 DOC_SRC := $(foreach wrd,$(SRC),../$(wrd))
-HAS_TTY := $(shell zsh -c "(( $${+GITHUB_ACTIONS} )) && echo '' || echo '--tty'")
+HAS_TTY := $(shell echo $${GITHUB_ACTIONS:---tty})
 
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