diff --git a/internal/rosa/squashfs.go b/internal/rosa/squashfs.go
index 004f4ef..79d97f1 100644
--- a/internal/rosa/squashfs.go
+++ b/internal/rosa/squashfs.go
@@ -14,9 +14,8 @@ func (t Toolchain) newSquashfsTools() (pkg.Artifact, string) {
 		pkg.TarGzip,
 	), &PackageAttr{
 		// uses source tree as scratch space
-		Writable:    true,
-		Chmod:       true,
-		EnterSource: true,
+		Writable: true,
+		Chmod:    true,
 
 		Env: []string{
 			"CONFIG=1",
@@ -26,8 +25,8 @@ func (t Toolchain) newSquashfsTools() (pkg.Artifact, string) {
 			"COMP_DEFAULT=zstd",
 			"USE_PREBUILT_MANPAGES=y",
 		},
+		ScriptEarly: "cd squashfs-tools",
 	}, &MakeHelper{
-
 		SkipConfigure: true,
 		InPlace:       true,