diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index a9861a108f..4f17ea80cb 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -974,9 +974,7 @@ case "$OS" in
         fi
         command -v gcc  >/dev/null 2>&1 || MISSING="$MISSING build-essential"
         # libcurl dev headers for llama.cpp HTTPS support
-        if command -v dpkg >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-            dpkg -s libcurl4-openssl-dev >/dev/null 2>&1 || MISSING="$MISSING libcurl4-openssl-dev"
-        fi
+        command -v curl-config >/dev/null 2>&1 || MISSING="$MISSING libcurl4-openssl-dev"
         ;;
 esac
 
diff --git a/studio/setup.sh b/studio/setup.sh
index 9575f143d5..39fb566f1b 100755
--- a/studio/setup.sh
+++ b/studio/setup.sh
@@ -699,7 +699,7 @@ if [ "$_NEED_LLAMA_SOURCE_BUILD" = true ] && grep -qi microsoft /proc/version 2>
         case "$_pkg" in
             build-essential) command -v gcc >/dev/null 2>&1 || _STILL_MISSING="$_STILL_MISSING $_pkg" ;;
             pciutils) command -v lspci >/dev/null 2>&1 || _STILL_MISSING="$_STILL_MISSING $_pkg" ;;
-            libcurl4-openssl-dev) dpkg -s "$_pkg" >/dev/null 2>&1 || _STILL_MISSING="$_STILL_MISSING $_pkg" ;;
+            libcurl4-openssl-dev) command -v curl-config >/dev/null 2>&1 || _STILL_MISSING="$_STILL_MISSING $_pkg" ;;
             *) command -v "$_pkg" >/dev/null 2>&1 || _STILL_MISSING="$_STILL_MISSING $_pkg" ;;
         esac
     done