diff --git a/debian/bareos-director.bareos-dir.init.in b/debian/bareos-director.bareos-dir.init.in
index 996626f7a6c..aaed75bf48f 100755
--- a/debian/bareos-director.bareos-dir.init.in
+++ b/debian/bareos-director.bareos-dir.init.in
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin
 . /lib/lsb/init-functions
 
 # workaround, if status_of_proc is not defined (Ubuntu 8.04)
-if ! type status_of_proc >/dev/null; then
+if ! command -v status_of_proc >/dev/null; then
 status_of_proc ()
 {
     local pidfile daemon name status OPTIND
diff --git a/debian/bareos-filedaemon.bareos-fd.init.in b/debian/bareos-filedaemon.bareos-fd.init.in
index 1fbf582886d..2d97b4cf52b 100755
--- a/debian/bareos-filedaemon.bareos-fd.init.in
+++ b/debian/bareos-filedaemon.bareos-fd.init.in
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin
 . /lib/lsb/init-functions
 
 # workaround, if status_of_proc is not defined (Ubuntu 8.04)
-if ! type status_of_proc >/dev/null; then
+if ! command -v status_of_proc >/dev/null; then
 status_of_proc ()
 {
     local pidfile daemon name status OPTIND
diff --git a/debian/bareos-storage.bareos-sd.init.in b/debian/bareos-storage.bareos-sd.init.in
index bc5108bd855..e2564ed6742 100755
--- a/debian/bareos-storage.bareos-sd.init.in
+++ b/debian/bareos-storage.bareos-sd.init.in
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin
 . /lib/lsb/init-functions
 
 # workaround, if status_of_proc is not defined (Ubuntu 8.04)
-if ! type status_of_proc >/dev/null; then
+if ! command -v status_of_proc >/dev/null; then
 status_of_proc ()
 {
     local pidfile daemon name status OPTIND
diff --git a/scripts/bareos-config-lib.sh.in b/scripts/bareos-config-lib.sh.in
index 3ed51c07e34..084cbbe0d99 100644
--- a/scripts/bareos-config-lib.sh.in
+++ b/scripts/bareos-config-lib.sh.in
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ os_type=`uname -s`
 is_function()
 {
     func=${1-}
-    test "$func" && type "$func" > /dev/null 2>&1
+    test "$func" && command -v "$func" > /dev/null 2>&1
     return $?
 }