diff --git a/Libraries/LibC/unistd.cpp b/Libraries/LibC/unistd.cpp
index fe07434a68ed46..db2434c7f49d4f 100644
--- a/Libraries/LibC/unistd.cpp
+++ b/Libraries/LibC/unistd.cpp
@@ -111,13 +111,10 @@ int execve(const char* filename, char* const argv[], char* const envp[])
 
 int execvpe(const char* filename, char* const argv[], char* const envp[])
 {
+    if (strchr(filename, '/'))
+        return execve(filename, argv, envp);
+
     ScopedValueRollback errno_rollback(errno);
-    int rc = execve(filename, argv, envp);
-    if (rc < 0 && errno != ENOENT) {
-        errno_rollback.set_override_rollback_value(errno);
-        dbg() << "execvpe() failed on first with" << strerror(errno);
-        return rc;
-    }
     String path = getenv("PATH");
     if (path.is_empty())
         path = "/bin:/usr/bin";
diff --git a/Tests/LibC/exec-should-not-search-current-directory.cpp b/Tests/LibC/exec-should-not-search-current-directory.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..57a023a6df45bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/LibC/exec-should-not-search-current-directory.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+
+int main()
+{
+    int fd = open("hax", O_CREAT | O_RDWR, 0755);
+    ftruncate(fd, 0);
+    close(fd);
+
+    int rc = execlp("hax", "hax", nullptr);
+    int saved_errno = errno;
+    unlink("hax");
+    if (rc == -1 && saved_errno == ENOEXEC) {
+        printf("FAIL\n");
+        return 1;
+    }
+    printf("PASS\n");
+    return 0;
+}