diff --git a/autoload/airline/extensions.vim b/autoload/airline/extensions.vim
index cb0cb902..eda34b81 100644
--- a/autoload/airline/extensions.vim
+++ b/autoload/airline/extensions.vim
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ function! airline#extensions#load()
   endif
 
   if (get(g:, 'airline#extensions#nvimlsp#enabled', 1)
-        \ && exists(':LspInstallInfo'))
+        \ && has("nvim"))
     call airline#extensions#nvimlsp#init(s:ext)
     call add(s:loaded_ext, 'nvimlsp')
   endif
diff --git a/autoload/airline/extensions/nvimlsp.vim b/autoload/airline/extensions/nvimlsp.vim
index 4d1c766c..a5521894 100644
--- a/autoload/airline/extensions/nvimlsp.vim
+++ b/autoload/airline/extensions/nvimlsp.vim
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 scriptencoding utf-8
 
 if !(get(g:, 'airline#extensions#nvimlsp#enabled', 1)
-      \ && exists(':LspInstallInfo'))
+      \ && has("nvim"))
   finish
 endif
 
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ function! s:airline_nvimlsp_count(cnt, symbol) abort
 endfunction
 
 function! airline#extensions#nvimlsp#get(type) abort
-  if !exists(':LspInstallInfo')
+  if vim.lsp.buf_get_clients() == 0
     return ''
   endif