diff --git a/tests/RobotFramework/tests/customizing/tedge_init.robot b/tests/RobotFramework/tests/customizing/tedge_init.robot
index 8fd8ac387d2..6376d1b9074 100644
--- a/tests/RobotFramework/tests/customizing/tedge_init.robot
+++ b/tests/RobotFramework/tests/customizing/tedge_init.robot
@@ -79,5 +79,4 @@ Custom Teardown
 
 Check Owner of Directory
     [Arguments]    ${directory_path}    ${expected_owner}
-    ${output}    Execute Command    ls -ld ${directory_path} | awk '{print $3 ":" $4}'
-    Should Match Regexp    ${output}    \s*${expected_owner}\s*
+    Path Should Have Permissions    path=${directory_path}    owner_group=${expected_owner}