diff --git a/config.yaml b/config.yaml
index 8a82e03..a21fc27 100644
--- a/config.yaml
+++ b/config.yaml
@@ -12,14 +12,14 @@ actions:
         find: |
                   local have_git = (posix == nil -- Not running under rpm.
                                     or (posix.access('/usr/bin/git', 'x')
-                                        and posix.access(sourcedir .. '/.git/.', 'x')))
+                                        and posix.access(sourcedir .. '/.git', 'r')))
                   local commit_marker_contents -- For git_commit_file.
                   if have_git then
                     commit_marker_contents =
         replace: |
                   local have_git = (posix == nil -- Not running under rpm.
                                     or (posix.access('/usr/bin/git', 'x')
-                                        and posix.access(sourcedir .. '/.git/.', 'x')))
+                                        and posix.access(sourcedir .. '/.git', 'r')))
                   local commit_marker_contents -- For git_commit_file.
                   -- If the branch/tag is AlmaLinux, then we need to get history of Upstream
                   -- branch/tag, and skip all AlmaLinux-specific commits. To avoid duplicates