diff --git a/src/utils/setup/fetch-manifest-metadata.js b/src/utils/setup/fetch-manifest-metadata.js
index da0b66254..e2ccf7443 100644
--- a/src/utils/setup/fetch-manifest-metadata.js
+++ b/src/utils/setup/fetch-manifest-metadata.js
@@ -14,8 +14,7 @@ const fetchManifestMetadata = () => {
       console.error('No Manifest Path was found.');
       return metadata;
     }
-  }
-  if (process.env.GATSBY_MANIFEST_PATH) {
+  } else if (process.env.GATSBY_MANIFEST_PATH) {
     const zip = new AdmZip(process.env.GATSBY_MANIFEST_PATH);
     const zipEntries = zip.getEntries();
     for (const entry of zipEntries) {