1 files changed, 4 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/tests/rm/fail-eperm b/tests/rm/fail-eperm
index 837804bdd..2e4d64cb3 100755
--- a/tests/rm/fail-eperm
+++ b/tests/rm/fail-eperm
@@ -6,13 +6,11 @@
 : ${PERL=perl}
 : ${srcdir=.}
 
-case "$PERL" in
-  *'missing perl') #'
-  echo 1>&2 \
-   "$0: configure didn't find a usable version of Perl, so can't run this test"
+$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
-  ;;
-esac
+}
 
 ARGV_0=$0
 export ARGV_0