diff --git a/freud/CMakeLists.txt b/freud/CMakeLists.txt
index ca44a2197..a4020ef8b 100644
--- a/freud/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/freud/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ endif()
 # Detect when building against a conda environment set the _using_conda variable
 # for use both in this file and in the parent
 get_filename_component(_python_bin_dir ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE} DIRECTORY)
-if(EXISTS "${_python_bin_dir}/conda" OR DEFINED ENV{CONDA_EXE})
-  message("-- Detected conda python, setting INSTALL_RPATH_USE_LINK_PATH")
+if(EXISTS "${_python_bin_dir}/../conda-meta")
+  message("-- Detected conda environment, setting INSTALL_RPATH_USE_LINK_PATH")
   set(_using_conda On)
   set(_using_conda
       On