diff --git a/makechrootpkg.in b/makechrootpkg.in
index 81f69fe..13d6eb2 100644
--- a/makechrootpkg.in
+++ b/makechrootpkg.in
@@ -267,17 +267,12 @@ download_sources() {
        local copydir=$1
        local makepkg_user=$2

-       local builddir
-       builddir="$(mktemp -d)"
-       chmod 1777 "$builddir"
+       setup_workdir

        # Ensure sources are downloaded
-       sudo -u "$makepkg_user" env SRCDEST="$SRCDEST" BUILDDIR="$builddir" \
+       sudo -u "$makepkg_user" env SRCDEST="$SRCDEST" BUILDDIR="$WORKDIR" \
                makepkg --config="$copydir/etc/makepkg.conf" --verifysource -o ||
                die "Could not download sources."
-
-       # Clean up garbage from verifysource
-       rm -rf "$builddir"
 }

 # Usage: move_products $copydir $owner