diff --git a/src/nixos-anywhere.sh b/src/nixos-anywhere.sh
index 4bbc2d80..4751c2dc 100755
--- a/src/nixos-anywhere.sh
+++ b/src/nixos-anywhere.sh
@@ -625,9 +625,8 @@ if [[ ${phases[reboot]} == 1 ]]; then
   if command -v zpool >/dev/null && [ "\$(zpool list)" != "no pools available" ]; then
     # we always want to export the zfs pools so people can boot from it without force import
     umount -Rv /mnt/
-    if [[ ${swapoff} == "y" ]]; then
-      swapoff -a
-    fi
+    # in case our zpool has a swap device
+    swapoff -a
     zpool export -a || true
   fi
   nohup sh -c 'sleep 6 && reboot' >/dev/null &