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 */