diff --git a/media-plugins/vdr-live/vdr-live-0.3.0_p20130504-r1.ebuild b/media-plugins/vdr-live/vdr-live-0.3.0_p20130504-r1.ebuild
index 6041faafd99ea..24ec6897b14fa 100644
--- a/media-plugins/vdr-live/vdr-live-0.3.0_p20130504-r1.ebuild
+++ b/media-plugins/vdr-live/vdr-live-0.3.0_p20130504-r1.ebuild
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ pkg_postinst() {
 	elog "\tadmin:live"
 
 	if use ssl ; then
-		if path_exists -a "${ROOT}"/etc/vdr/plugins/live/live.pem; then
+		if [[ -f ${ROOT}/etc/vdr/plugins/live/live.pem ]]; then
 			einfo "found an existing SSL cert, to create a new SSL cert, run:\n"
 			einfo "emerge --config ${PN}"
 		else
diff --git a/media-plugins/vdr-live/vdr-live-0.3.0_p20130504-r2.ebuild b/media-plugins/vdr-live/vdr-live-0.3.0_p20130504-r2.ebuild
index 0dbcc0a04730e..9ecf777aa2748 100644
--- a/media-plugins/vdr-live/vdr-live-0.3.0_p20130504-r2.ebuild
+++ b/media-plugins/vdr-live/vdr-live-0.3.0_p20130504-r2.ebuild
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ pkg_postinst() {
 	elog "\tadmin:live"
 
 	if use ssl ; then
-		if path_exists -a "${ROOT}"/etc/vdr/plugins/live/live.pem; then
+		if [[ -f ${ROOT}/etc/vdr/plugins/live/live.pem ]]; then
 			einfo "found an existing SSL cert, to create a new SSL cert, run:\n"
 			einfo "emerge --config ${PN}"
 		else
diff --git a/media-plugins/vdr-live/vdr-live-2.3.1.ebuild b/media-plugins/vdr-live/vdr-live-2.3.1.ebuild
index f46cff93c6de0..6a0ea6d24b88a 100644
--- a/media-plugins/vdr-live/vdr-live-2.3.1.ebuild
+++ b/media-plugins/vdr-live/vdr-live-2.3.1.ebuild
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ pkg_postinst() {
 	elog "\tadmin:live"
 
 	if use ssl ; then
-		if path_exists -a "${ROOT}"/etc/vdr/plugins/live/live.pem; then
+		if [[ -f ${ROOT}/etc/vdr/plugins/live/live.pem ]]; then
 			einfo "found an existing SSL cert, to create a new SSL cert, run:\n"
 			einfo "emerge --config ${PN}"
 		else