diff --git a/config-top.h b/config-top.h
--- a/config-top.h
+++ b/config-top.h
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
the Posix.2 confstr () function, or CS_PATH define are not present. */
#ifndef STANDARD_UTILS_PATH
#define STANDARD_UTILS_PATH \
- "/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/etc:/usr/etc"
+ "/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin"
#endif
/* The default path for enable -f */