diff --git a/helpers/lh_chroot_sources b/helpers/lh_chroot_sources
index 7ff87ac9f..c3da627b0 100755
--- a/helpers/lh_chroot_sources
+++ b/helpers/lh_chroot_sources
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ case "${1}" in
 				# If we bootstrapped a minimal chroot, we need
 				# to install apt-utils before we have have
 				# completed all the indices.
-				case "${LH_PACKAGES_LISTS}" in
+				case "${LH_BOOTSTRAP_FLAVOUR}" in
 					stripped|minimal)
 						Chroot "apt-get update"
 						;;