diff --git a/packages/create-astro/src/index.ts b/packages/create-astro/src/index.ts
index 3e7d4f4d2..186650d9e 100644
--- a/packages/create-astro/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/create-astro/src/index.ts
@@ -116,9 +116,8 @@ export async function main() {
 
 	const hash = args.commit ? `#${args.commit}` : '';
 
-	// Don't touch the template name if a GitHub repo was provided, ex: `--template cassidoo/shopify-react-astro`
 	const isThirdParty = options.template.includes('/');
-	const templateTarget = options.template.includes('/')
+	const templateTarget = isThirdParty
 		? options.template
 		: `withastro/astro/examples/${options.template}#latest`;