diff --git a/dist/setup/index.js b/dist/setup/index.js
index 078ff00..9f8f0d5 100644
--- a/dist/setup/index.js
+++ b/dist/setup/index.js
@@ -65271,12 +65271,10 @@ function resolveVersionInput() {
     }
     if (versionFile) {
         if (!fs_1.default.existsSync(versionFile)) {
-            logWarning(`The specified python version file at: ${versionFile} does not exist. Attempting to find .python-version file.`);
-            if (!fs_1.default.existsSync('.python-version')) {
-                throw new Error(`The specified python version file at: ${versionFile} does not exist and default .python-version file isn't found.`);
-            }
-            else {
-                versionFile = '.python-version';
+            logWarning(`The specified python version file at: ${versionFile} doesn't exist. Attempting to find .python-version file.`);
+            versionFile = '.python-version';
+            if (!fs_1.default.existsSync(versionFile)) {
+                throw new Error(`The ${versionFile} doesn't exist.`);
             }
         }
         version = fs_1.default.readFileSync(versionFile, 'utf8');
diff --git a/src/setup-python.ts b/src/setup-python.ts
index f1171f9..55bf497 100644
--- a/src/setup-python.ts
+++ b/src/setup-python.ts
@@ -39,14 +39,11 @@ function resolveVersionInput(): string {
   if (versionFile) {
     if (!fs.existsSync(versionFile)) {
       logWarning(
-        `The specified python version file at: ${versionFile} does not exist. Attempting to find .python-version file.`
+        `The specified python version file at: ${versionFile} doesn't exist. Attempting to find .python-version file.`
       );
-      if (!fs.existsSync('.python-version')) {
-        throw new Error(
-          `The specified python version file at: ${versionFile} does not exist and default .python-version file isn't found.`
-        );
-      } else {
-        versionFile = '.python-version';
+      versionFile = '.python-version';
+      if (!fs.existsSync(versionFile)) {
+        throw new Error(`The ${versionFile} doesn't exist.`);
       }
     }