diff --git a/hack/validate/vendor b/hack/validate/vendor
index d8634d1da8..f5806be679 100755
--- a/hack/validate/vendor
+++ b/hack/validate/vendor
@@ -40,8 +40,7 @@ validate_vendor_diff(){
 validate_vendor_used() {
 	for f in $(mawk '/^[a-zA-Z0-9]/ { print $1 }' vendor.conf); do
 	if [ -d "vendor/$f" ]; then
-		found=$(echo "vendor/$f/"* | grep -iEc '/(LICENSE|COPYING)')
-		if [ "$found" -eq 0 ]; then
+		if ! echo "vendor/$f"/* | grep -qiEc '/(LICENSE|COPYING)'; then
 		echo "WARNING: could not find copyright information for $f"
 		fi
 	else