diff --git a/data/bin/host_os_conda b/data/bin/host_os_conda
index 94b8cdc81e7b5a8b06cdcf5123e318233219e084..51942a56fbb46354e318e397ffec728e8354716d 100755
--- a/data/bin/host_os_conda
+++ b/data/bin/host_os_conda
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ if [ -z "${force_host_os:-}" ] ; then
       if [ "${_libc_minor}" -lt "17" ]; then
         # CentOS 6
         host_os="linux-64@glibc-2.12"
-      else if [ "${_libc_minor}" -lt "12" ]; then
+      elif [ "${_libc_minor}" -lt "12" ]; then
         # CentOS 5
         host_os="linux-64@glibc-2.5"
       fi