diff --git a/share/functions/fish_vi_cursor.fish b/share/functions/fish_vi_cursor.fish
index 3f1e7bbc6..f58d45f50 100644
--- a/share/functions/fish_vi_cursor.fish
+++ b/share/functions/fish_vi_cursor.fish
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 function fish_vi_cursor -d 'Set cursor shape for different vi modes'
-    # If we're not interactive, there is effectively no bind mode.
-    if not status is-interactive
+    # if stdin is not a tty, there is effectively no bind mode.
+    if not test -t 0
         return
     end