diff --git a/heartbeat/ocf-shellfuncs.in b/heartbeat/ocf-shellfuncs.in
index 760790cbdb..1e83676a7b 100644
--- a/heartbeat/ocf-shellfuncs.in
+++ b/heartbeat/ocf-shellfuncs.in
@@ -924,13 +924,11 @@ ocf_unique_rundir()
 # OCF_TRACE_FILE is set to a path.
 #
 ocf_bash_has_xtracefd() {
-	echo "$SHELL" | grep bash > /dev/null &&
-			[ ${BASH_VERSINFO[0]} -ge 4 ]
+	[ -n "$BASH_VERSION" ] && [ ${BASH_VERSINFO[0]} -ge 4 ]
 }
 # for backwards compatibility
 ocf_is_bash4() {
 	ocf_bash_has_xtracefd
-	return $?
 }
 ocf_trace_redirect_to_file() {
 	local dest=$1