diff --git a/dev-libs/pthreadpool/pthreadpool-2023.08.29.ebuild b/dev-libs/pthreadpool/pthreadpool-2023.08.29.ebuild
index ba614beea3878..dff4dce1131a0 100644
--- a/dev-libs/pthreadpool/pthreadpool-2023.08.29.ebuild
+++ b/dev-libs/pthreadpool/pthreadpool-2023.08.29.ebuild
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/Maratyszcza/pthreadpool"
 SRC_URI="https://github.com/Maratyszcza/${PN}/archive/${CommitId}.tar.gz
 	-> ${P}.tar.gz"
 
+S="${WORKDIR}"/${PN}-${CommitId}
+
 LICENSE="BSD-2"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~amd64"
@@ -20,8 +22,6 @@ RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
 BDEPEND="test? ( dev-cpp/gtest )"
 RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
 
-S="${WORKDIR}"/${PN}-${CommitId}
-
 PATCHES=(
 	"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-2022.05.09-gentoo.patch
 )