diff --git a/scripts/install-local-kafka.sh b/scripts/install-local-kafka.sh
index 2baa17ec3..9d9f38a10 100755
--- a/scripts/install-local-kafka.sh
+++ b/scripts/install-local-kafka.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ mkdir -p .downloads
 KAFKA_URL=http://archive.apache.org/dist/kafka/2.1.0/kafka_2.11-2.1.0.tgz
 
 # Only download the kafka if it isn't already downloaded.
-test -f .downloads/kafka.tgz || wget KAFKA_URL -O .downloads/kafka.tgz\
+wget KAFKA_URL -O .downloads/kafka.tgz\
 # Unpack the kafka over the top of any existing installation
 mkdir -p kafka && tar xzf .downloads/kafka.tgz -C kafka --strip-components 1
 # Start the zookeeper running in the background.