diff --git a/aliases/available/msys2.aliases.bash b/aliases/available/msys2.aliases.bash
index 83b14a13..a309a5b2 100644
--- a/aliases/available/msys2.aliases.bash
+++ b/aliases/available/msys2.aliases.bash
@@ -7,10 +7,9 @@ LS_COMMON="-hG"
 LS_COMMON="$LS_COMMON --color=auto"
 LS_COMMON="$LS_COMMON -I NTUSER.DAT\* -I ntuser.dat\*"
 
-test -n "$LS_COMMON" &&
-
 # alias
-alias ls="command ls $LS_COMMON"
+# setup the main ls alias if we've established common args
+test -n "$LS_COMMON" && alias ls="command ls $LS_COMMON"
 alias ll="ls -l"
 alias la="ls -a"
 alias lal="ll -a"