1 files changed, 1 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/help-fns.el b/lisp/help-fns.el
index 46a72b32ba2..2b61cd88d47 100644
--- a/lisp/help-fns.el
+++ b/lisp/help-fns.el
@@ -464,12 +464,7 @@ it is displayed along with the global value."
                 (terpri))
               (princ (or doc "Not documented as a variable.")))
             ;; Make a link to customize if this variable can be customized.
-            ;; Note, it is not reliable to test only for a custom-type property
-            ;; because those are only present after the var's definition
-            ;; has been loaded.
-            (if (or (get variable 'custom-type) ; after defcustom
-                    (get variable 'custom-loads) ; from loaddefs.el
-                    (get variable 'standard-value)) ; from cus-start.el
+            (if (custom-variable-p variable)
                 (let ((customize-label "customize"))
                   (terpri)
                   (terpri)