diff --git a/src/bin/buildForWindows.sh b/src/bin/buildForWindows.sh
index dd5f7ddb4..c4e188644 100755
--- a/src/bin/buildForWindows.sh
+++ b/src/bin/buildForWindows.sh
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ try cd "${0%/*}"
 workdir=$(try git rev-parse --show-toplevel) || exit 1
 try cd "${workdir}"
 [ -f src/package.json ] || fatal "failed to cd to etherpad root directory"
-ls -lisa src/bin
-ls bin
+
+file -L bin
 # See https://github.com/msys2/MSYS2-packages/issues/1216
 export MSYSTEM=winsymlinks:lnk