diff --git a/runansible b/runansible
index ef74c1a06..ab0f7e488 100755
--- a/runansible
+++ b/runansible
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ fi
 # iiab.env gets created at the end of stage-4 on First Run
 if [ -f /etc/iiab/iiab.env ]
 then
-  OLD=`grep XSCE /etc/iiab/iiab.env`
-  if [ x"$OLD" != "x" ]
+  OLD=`grep  XSCE /etc/iiab/iiab.env| wc -l`
+  if [ "$OLD" -gt 0 ]
   then
     rm /etc/iiab/iiab.env
   else