diff --git a/src/libexpr/eval-settings.cc b/src/libexpr/eval-settings.cc
index 4cbcb39b9..ade0abf9a 100644
--- a/src/libexpr/eval-settings.cc
+++ b/src/libexpr/eval-settings.cc
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ Strings EvalSettings::getDefaultNixPath()
 {
     Strings res;
     auto add = [&](const Path & p, const std::string & s = std::string()) {
-        if (pathAccessible(p)) {
+        if (std::filesystem::exists(p)) {
             if (s.empty()) {
                 res.push_back(p);
             } else {