diff --git a/elements/vm/finalise.d/50-remove-bogus-udev-links b/elements/vm/finalise.d/50-remove-bogus-udev-links
index 535e31e1..10bf1204 100755
--- a/elements/vm/finalise.d/50-remove-bogus-udev-links
+++ b/elements/vm/finalise.d/50-remove-bogus-udev-links
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ fi
 set -eu
 set -o pipefail
 
-if [ "openSUSE project" = "$(lsb_release -is)" ]; then
+if [ $DISTRO_NAME = 'opensuse' ] ; then
     # workaround for https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=859493
     rm -f /dev/mapper/loop*_part1
 fi