diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Process/PhpExecutableFinder.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Process/PhpExecutableFinder.php
index 7f95450a8f1fd..8814ecad6bf58 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Process/PhpExecutableFinder.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Process/PhpExecutableFinder.php
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ public function find($includeArgs = true)
         $args = $includeArgs && $args ? ' '.implode(' ', $args) : '';
 
         // PHP_BINARY return the current sapi executable
-        if (PHP_BINARY && in_array(PHP_SAPI, array('cli', 'cli-server', 'phpdbg')) && is_file(PHP_BINARY)) {
+        if (PHP_BINARY && in_array(PHP_SAPI, array('cli', 'cli-server', 'phpdbg'))) {
             return PHP_BINARY.$args;
         }