diff --git a/tests/scripts/components-build-system.sh b/tests/scripts/components-build-system.sh
index 3333b51e5d..2074952ac2 100644
--- a/tests/scripts/components-build-system.sh
+++ b/tests/scripts/components-build-system.sh
@@ -240,20 +240,15 @@ component_test_cmake_install_with_destdir () {
             [ -L "$install_lib_path/lib${lib}.so" ]
             [ -e "$install_lib_path/lib${lib}.so" ]
 
-            # do not assume a fixed match ordering.
-            versioned=( "$install_lib_path/lib${lib}.so".* )
+            # Match ABI-version names such as libxxx.so.17
+            # and check that symlink.
+            versioned=( "$install_lib_path/lib${lib}.so".+([0-9]) )
             if [ "$QUIET" -eq 0 ]; then
                 declare -p versioned
             fi
-            versioned_symlink=
-            for candidate in "${versioned[@]}"; do
-                if [ -L "$candidate" ]; then
-                    versioned_symlink="$candidate"
-                    break
-                fi
-            done
-            [ -n "$versioned_symlink" ]
-            [ -e "$versioned_symlink" ]
+            [ "${#versioned[@]}" -eq 1 ]
+            [ -L "${versioned[0]}" ]
+            [ -e "${versioned[0]}" ]
         done
     fi
 }