diff --git a/scripts/env b/scripts/env
index 7bfca58c5dd..563f39c1cfb 100755
--- a/scripts/env
+++ b/scripts/env
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ env_init() {
 	if [ -z "$CREATE" ]; then
 		[ -d "$ENVDIR" ] || exit 0
 	fi
-	[ -x "$(which git 2>/dev/null)" ] || error "Git is not installed"
+	command -v git || error "Git is not installed"
 	mkdir -p "$ENVDIR" || error "Failed to create the environment directory"
 	cd "$ENVDIR" || error "Failed to switch to the environment directory"
 	[ -d .git ] || {