diff --git a/tests/check-shift-icon-theme.sh b/tests/check-shift-icon-theme.sh
index 2079c07d..73783857 100644
--- a/tests/check-shift-icon-theme.sh
+++ b/tests/check-shift-icon-theme.sh
@@ -155,7 +155,9 @@ collect_repo_icon_names() {
 
 [[ -d "$theme_dir" ]] || fail "Missing Shift icon theme directory: $theme_dir"
 
-find "$theme_dir" -xtype l -print > "$broken_icons"
+while IFS= read -r -d '' icon_path; do
+    [[ -e "$icon_path" ]] || printf '%s\n' "$icon_path"
+done < <(find "$theme_dir" -type l -print0) > "$broken_icons"
 if [[ -s "$broken_icons" ]]; then
     printf 'Broken Shift icon aliases:\n' >&2
     sed 's/^/  - /' "$broken_icons" >&2