diff --git a/libexec/pyenv-version-file b/libexec/pyenv-version-file
index eb2f5c62..91d8b0d3 100755
--- a/libexec/pyenv-version-file
+++ b/libexec/pyenv-version-file
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ target_dir="$1"
 find_local_version_file() {
   local root="$1"
   while ! [[ "$root" =~ ^//[^/]*$ ]]; do
-    if [ -e "${root}/.python-version" ]; then
+    if [ -f "${root}/.python-version" ]; then
       echo "${root}/.python-version"
       return 0
     fi