diff --git a/src/dbStatic/dbLexRoutines.c b/src/dbStatic/dbLexRoutines.c
index 8b46b39be..2e7d1ebba 100644
--- a/src/dbStatic/dbLexRoutines.c
+++ b/src/dbStatic/dbLexRoutines.c
@@ -140,10 +140,7 @@ static char *dbOpenFile(DBBASE *pdbbase,const char *filename,FILE **fp)
 
     *fp = 0;
     if(!filename) return(0);
-    if(!ppathList
-    || (ellCount(ppathList)==0)
-    || filename[0]=='/'
-    || (filename[0]=='.' && (filename[1]=='.' || filename[1]=='/')) ) {
+    if(!ppathList || (ellCount(ppathList)==0) || strchr(filename,'/') {
 	*fp = fopen(filename,"r");
 	return(0);
     }