diff --git a/completion/available/kubectl.completion.bash b/completion/available/kubectl.completion.bash
index e19d0ddd..3da62490 100644
--- a/completion/available/kubectl.completion.bash
+++ b/completion/available/kubectl.completion.bash
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # kubectl (Kubernetes CLI) completion
 
-if command -v kubectl &>/dev/null
+if _command_exists kubectl
 then
-  eval "$(kubectl completion bash)"
+    eval "$(kubectl completion bash)"
 fi