diff --git a/sdata/lib/functions.sh b/sdata/lib/functions.sh
index ff2b80caf..450698fb8 100644
--- a/sdata/lib/functions.sh
+++ b/sdata/lib/functions.sh
@@ -69,7 +69,8 @@ function pause(){
   fi
 }
 function remove_bashcomments_emptylines(){
-  mkdir -p "$(dirname "$2")" && cat "$1" | sed -e 's/#.*//' -e '/^[[:space:]]*$/d' > "$2"
+  mkdir -p "$(dirname "$2")"
+  cat "$1" | sed -e 's/#.*//' -e '/^[[:space:]]*$/d' > "$2"
 }
 function prevent_sudo_or_root(){
   case $(whoami) in
diff --git a/sdata/subcmd-checkdeps/0.run.sh b/sdata/subcmd-checkdeps/0.run.sh
index b61d68bed..cc8465a91 100644
--- a/sdata/subcmd-checkdeps/0.run.sh
+++ b/sdata/subcmd-checkdeps/0.run.sh
@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@
 
 pkglistfile=$(mktemp)
 pkglistfile_orig=${LIST_FILE_PATH}
-mkdir -p ./cache
-pkglistfile_orig_s=./cache/dependencies_stripped.conf
+pkglistfile_orig_s=${REPO_ROOT}/cache/dependencies_stripped.conf
 remove_bashcomments_emptylines $pkglistfile_orig $pkglistfile_orig_s
 
 cat $pkglistfile_orig_s | sed "s_\ _\n_g" > $pkglistfile