diff --git a/linux/evocheck.sh b/linux/evocheck.sh
index 98db80d..914b93d 100755
--- a/linux/evocheck.sh
+++ b/linux/evocheck.sh
@@ -606,14 +606,10 @@ check_evobackup_exclude_mount() {
             # then we verify that every mount is excluded
             if ! grep -q -- "^\s*--one-file-system" "${evobackup_file}"; then
                 # old releases of evobackups don't have version
-                if grep -q  "^VERSION=" "${evobackup_file}"; then
-                  evobackup_version=$(sed -E -n 's/VERSION="(.*)"/\1/p' "${evobackup_file}")
-                  # versions over 22.12 use a new syntax to exclude rsync files
-                  if dpkg --compare-versions "$evobackup_version" ge 22.12 ; then
-                    sed -En '/RSYNC_EXCLUDES="/,/"/ {s/(RSYNC_EXCLUDES=|")//g;p}' "${evobackup_file}" > "${excludes_file}"
-                  else
-                    grep -- "--exclude " "${evobackup_file}" | grep -E -o "\"[^\"]+\"" | tr -d '"' > "${excludes_file}"
-                  fi
+                if grep -q  "^VERSION=" "${evobackup_file}" && dpkg --compare-versions "$(sed -E -n 's/VERSION="(.*)"/\1/p' "${evobackup_file}")" ge 22.12 ; then
+                  sed -En '/RSYNC_EXCLUDES="/,/"/ {s/(RSYNC_EXCLUDES=|")//g;p}' "${evobackup_file}" > "${excludes_file}"
+                else
+                  grep -- "--exclude " "${evobackup_file}" | grep -E -o "\"[^\"]+\"" | tr -d '"' > "${excludes_file}"
                 fi
                 not_excluded=$(findmnt --type nfs,nfs4,fuse.sshfs, -o target --noheadings | grep -v -f "${excludes_file}")
                 for mount in ${not_excluded}; do