diff --git a/src/node/hooks/i18n.js b/src/node/hooks/i18n.js
index 1d28b544..d0be2d6f 100644
--- a/src/node/hooks/i18n.js
+++ b/src/node/hooks/i18n.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ var languages = require('languages4translatewiki')
   , npm = require('npm')
   , plugins = require('ep_etherpad-lite/static/js/pluginfw/plugins.js').plugins
   , semver = require('semver')
-  , existsSync = semver.gt(process.version, '0.7.0') ? fs.existsSync : path.existsSync
+  , existsSync = fs.statSync || fs.existsSync || path.existsSync
 ;
 
 
diff --git a/src/node/utils/caching_middleware.js b/src/node/utils/caching_middleware.js
index 97134356..91b8143b 100644
--- a/src/node/utils/caching_middleware.js
+++ b/src/node/utils/caching_middleware.js
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ var zlib = require('zlib');
 var settings = require('./Settings');
 var semver = require('semver');
 
-var existsSync = (semver.satisfies(process.version, '>=0.8.0')) ? fs.existsSync : path.existsSync;
+var existsSync = fs.statSync || fs.existsSync || path.existsSync;
 
 var CACHE_DIR = path.normalize(path.join(settings.root, 'var/'));
 CACHE_DIR = existsSync(CACHE_DIR) ? CACHE_DIR : undefined;