diff --git a/PCbuild/prepare_ssl.py b/PCbuild/prepare_ssl.py
index f9f8c124852..4f11ed92b39 100644
--- a/PCbuild/prepare_ssl.py
+++ b/PCbuild/prepare_ssl.py
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ def main():
 
     ssl_dir = sys.argv[1]
 
-    if not os.path.exists(ssl_dir) and os.path.isdir(ssl_dir):
+    if not os.path.isdir(ssl_dir):
         print(ssl_dir, "is not an existing directory!")
         sys.exit(1)