1 files changed, 5 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/tests/expr/basic b/tests/expr/basic
index e1c213833..da978e7d5 100755
--- a/tests/expr/basic
+++ b/tests/expr/basic
@@ -4,13 +4,11 @@
 : ${PERL=perl}
 : ${srcdir=.}
 
-case "$PERL" in
-  *'missing perl')
-    echo 1>&2 "$0: configure didn't find a usable version of Perl," \
-      "so can't run this test"
-    exit 77
-    ;;
-esac
+$PERL -e 1 > /dev/null 2>&1 || {
+  echo 1>&2 "$0: configure didn't find a usable version of Perl," \
+    "so can't run this test"
+  exit 77
+}
 
 d=$srcdir/..
 exec $PERL -w -I$d -MFetish -- - << \EOF