diff --git a/xdg-utils/scripts/xdg-open.in b/xdg-utils/scripts/xdg-open.in

index 630e63e..fd4ce95 100644

--- a/xdg-utils/scripts/xdg-open.in

+++ b/xdg-utils/scripts/xdg-open.in

@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ open_lxde()

 {

     # pcmanfm only knows how to handle file:// urls and filepaths, it seems.

-    if pcmanfm --help >/dev/null 2>&1 -a is_file_url_or_path "$1"; then

+    if is_file_url_or_path "$1"; then

         local file="$(file_url_to_path "$1")"

         # handle relative paths