diff --git a/tests/Makefile b/tests/Makefile
index 63177f5e..c931adbe 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile
+++ b/tests/Makefile
@@ -166,6 +166,7 @@ endif
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ifneq (,$(filter $(HOST_OS),MSYS POSIX))
 zstd-playTests: datagen
+	file $(ZSTD)
 	ZSTD="$(QEMU_SYS) $(ZSTD)" ./playTests.sh $(ZSTDRTTEST)
 
 test: test-zstd test-fullbench test-fuzzer test-zbuff test-zstream
diff --git a/tests/playTests.sh b/tests/playTests.sh
index 1bc835f0..a50604b7 100755
--- a/tests/playTests.sh
+++ b/tests/playTests.sh
@@ -40,8 +40,6 @@ $ECHO "\nStarting playTests.sh isWindows=$isWindows ZSTD='$ZSTD'"
 
 [ -n "$ZSTD" ] || die "ZSTD variable must be defined!"
 
-file $ZSTD
-
 $ECHO "\n**** simple tests **** "
 
 ./datagen > tmp