diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 2b3f0d06b005..698816586514 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ LEX		= flex
 YACC		= bison
 AWK		= awk
 INSTALLKERNEL  := installkernel
-DEPMOD		= /sbin/depmod
+DEPMOD		= depmod
 PERL		= perl
 PYTHON		= python
 PYTHON3		= python3