diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/traceroute.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/traceroute.sh
index de9ca97abc30..9cb5e96e6433 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/traceroute.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/traceroute.sh
@@ -209,11 +209,6 @@ setup_traceroute6()
 
 run_traceroute6()
 {
-	if [ ! -x "$(command -v traceroute6)" ]; then
-		echo "SKIP: Could not run IPV6 test without traceroute6"
-		return
-	fi
-
 	setup_traceroute6
 
 	# traceroute6 host-2 from host-1 (expects 2000:102::2)
@@ -278,11 +273,6 @@ setup_traceroute()
 
 run_traceroute()
 {
-	if [ ! -x "$(command -v traceroute)" ]; then
-		echo "SKIP: Could not run IPV4 test without traceroute"
-		return
-	fi
-
 	setup_traceroute
 
 	# traceroute host-2 from host-1 (expects 1.0.1.1). Takes a while.
@@ -316,6 +306,9 @@ do
 	esac
 done
 
+require_command traceroute6
+require_command traceroute
+
 run_tests
 
 printf "\nTests passed: %3d\n" ${nsuccess}