diff --git a/dist/remote-builder/handleCaching.sh b/dist/remote-builder/handleCaching.sh
index 6847b2e9..2e270b47 100755
--- a/dist/remote-builder/handleCaching.sh
+++ b/dist/remote-builder/handleCaching.sh
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ fi
 
 echo "Checking cache for a cache match based on the combined large files hash ($lfsCacheFolder/$LFS_ASSETS_HASH.zip)"
 
-if [ -v "$LFS_ASSETS_HASH" && -f "$lfsCacheFolder/$LFS_ASSETS_HASH" ]; then
+if [ -z "${LFS_ASSETS_HASH}" -a -f "$lfsCacheFolder/$LFS_ASSETS_HASH" ]; then
   echo "Match found: using large file hash match $LFS_ASSETS_HASH.zip"
   latestLFSCacheFile="$LFS_ASSETS_HASH"
 else