diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 450ebe152806..a910e3acb054 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ LEX		= flex
 YACC		= bison
 AWK		= awk
 INSTALLKERNEL  := installkernel
-DEPMOD		= /sbin/depmod
+DEPMOD		= depmod
 PERL		= perl
 PYTHON		= python
 PYTHON3		= python3