diff --git a/home-manager/home-manager b/home-manager/home-manager
index ab4de5387..8b7bbc76a 100644
--- a/home-manager/home-manager
+++ b/home-manager/home-manager
@@ -202,8 +202,7 @@ function setFlakeAttribute() {
                 local hostnameArray=()
                 # FQDN lookup can fail depending on the resolver.
                 local fqdn
-                fqdn="$(hostname -f 2> /dev/null)"
-                if [[ $? -eq 0 ]]; then
+                if fqdn="$(hostname -f 2> /dev/null)"; then
                     hostnameArray+=( "$USER@$fqdn"  )
                 fi
                 # Check FQDN, long, and short hostnames; long first to preserve