diff --git a/common/xbps-src/shutils/purge_distfiles.sh b/common/xbps-src/shutils/purge_distfiles.sh
index 7f75617996..215b6ce7bb 100755
--- a/common/xbps-src/shutils/purge_distfiles.sh
+++ b/common/xbps-src/shutils/purge_distfiles.sh
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@
 
 
 purge_distfiles() {
+	# Ignore msg_error calls when sourcing templates
+	msg_error() {
+		:
+	}
 	if [ -z "$XBPS_SRCDISTDIR" ]; then
 		msg_error "The variable \$XBPS_SRCDISTDIR is not set."
 		exit 1