diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5e68ee3c42ca709a643255ee0ee620b191815399..3a0155bd64616c75b7f585b0cf1e43de5ab0b88a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ all: px4fmu-v2_default
 ARGS := $(wordlist 2,$(words $(MAKECMDGOALS)),$(MAKECMDGOALS))
 j ?= 4
 
-# disable ninja by default for now because it hides upload progress
 NINJA_BUILD := $(shell ninja --version 2>/dev/null)
 ifdef NINJA_BUILD
     PX4_CMAKE_GENERATOR ?= "Ninja"
@@ -89,7 +88,7 @@ endif
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------
 # describe how to build a cmake config
 define cmake-build
-+@if [ $(PX4_CMAKE_GENERATOR) == "Ninja" ] && [ -e $(PWD)/build_$@/Makefile ]; then rm -rf $(PWD)/build_$@; fi
++@if [ $(PX4_CMAKE_GENERATOR) = "Ninja" ] && [ -e $(PWD)/build_$@/Makefile ]; then rm -rf $(PWD)/build_$@; fi
 +@if [ ! -e $(PWD)/build_$@/CMakeCache.txt ]; then git submodule update --init --recursive --force && mkdir -p $(PWD)/build_$@ && cd $(PWD)/build_$@ && cmake .. -G$(PX4_CMAKE_GENERATOR) -DCONFIG=$(1); fi
 +$(PX4_MAKE) -C $(PWD)/build_$@ $(PX4_MAKE_ARGS) $(ARGS)
 endef