diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/docker/pull.sh b/pkgs/build-support/docker/pull.sh
index db643f5e88e5..0b1e9f310ee9 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/docker/pull.sh
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/docker/pull.sh
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ done
 # run docker daemon
 dockerd -H tcp://127.0.0.1:5555 -H unix:///var/run/docker.sock &
 
-until $(curl --output /dev/null --silent --connect-timeout 2 http://127.0.0.1:5555); do
+until docker ps 2>/dev/null; do
   printf '.'
   sleep 1
 done