1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/utils/common/gitscraper.py b/utils/common/gitscraper.py
index 496d32bce3..c7a2c3a563 100755
--- a/utils/common/gitscraper.py
+++ b/utils/common/gitscraper.py
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ def archive_files(repo, treehash, filelist, basename, tmpfolder=None,
         temp_remove = False
     workfolder = scrape_files(
         repo, treehash, filelist, os.path.join(tmpfolder, basename))[0]
-    if basename is "":
+    if basename == "":
         return ""
     print("Archiving files from repository")
     if archive == "7z":