diff --git a/scripts/libmakepkg/lint_pkgbuild/pkgver.sh.in b/scripts/libmakepkg/lint_pkgbuild/pkgver.sh.in
index d23f7043..3fa4ff7d 100644
--- a/scripts/libmakepkg/lint_pkgbuild/pkgver.sh.in
+++ b/scripts/libmakepkg/lint_pkgbuild/pkgver.sh.in
@@ -29,20 +29,16 @@ source "$LIBRARY/util/message.sh"
 lint_pkgbuild_functions+=('lint_pkgver')
 
 
-validate_pkgver() {
-	if [[ $1 = *[[:space:]:-]* ]]; then
-		error "$(gettext "%s is not allowed to contain colons, hyphens or whitespace.")" "pkgver"
-		return 1
-	fi
-}
-
 check_pkgver() {
 	if [[ -z ${pkgver} ]]; then
 		error "$(gettext "%s is not allowed to be empty.")" "pkgver"
 		return 1
 	fi
 
-	validate_pkgver "$pkgver"
+	if [[ $1 = *[[:space:]:-]* ]]; then
+		error "$(gettext "%s is not allowed to contain colons, hyphens or whitespace.")" "pkgver"
+		return 1
+	fi
 }
 
 lint_pkgver() {
diff --git a/scripts/makepkg.sh.in b/scripts/makepkg.sh.in
index 4885341c..11e64593 100644
--- a/scripts/makepkg.sh.in
+++ b/scripts/makepkg.sh.in
@@ -824,7 +824,7 @@ download_sources() {
 # Re-sources the PKGBUILD afterwards to allow for other variables that use $pkgver
 update_pkgver() {
 	newpkgver=$(run_function_safe pkgver)
-	if ! validate_pkgver "$newpkgver"; then
+	if ! check_pkgver "$newpkgver"; then
 		error "$(gettext "pkgver() generated an invalid version: %s")" "$newpkgver"
 		exit 1
 	fi