diff --git a/sbin/nvmecontrol/comnd.c b/sbin/nvmecontrol/comnd.c
index b8c9abc86844..0c53c54b9818 100644
--- a/sbin/nvmecontrol/comnd.c
+++ b/sbin/nvmecontrol/comnd.c
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ arg_parse(int argc, char * const * argv, const struct cmd *f)
  * Loads all the .so's from the specified directory.
  */
 void
-cmd_load_dir(const char *dir __unused, cmd_load_cb_t cb __unused, void *argp __unused)
+cmd_load_dir(const char *dir, cmd_load_cb_t cb, void *argp)
 {
 	DIR *d;
 	struct dirent *dent;
diff --git a/sbin/nvmecontrol/nvmecontrol.c b/sbin/nvmecontrol/nvmecontrol.c
index 758822f2e25a..68a2ecb9b0b8 100644
--- a/sbin/nvmecontrol/nvmecontrol.c
+++ b/sbin/nvmecontrol/nvmecontrol.c
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ __FBSDID("$FreeBSD$");
 #include <err.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
+#include <libutil.h>
 #include <paths.h>
 #include <stdbool.h>
 #include <stddef.h>
@@ -178,11 +179,13 @@ get_nsid(int fd, char **ctrlr_str, uint32_t *nsid)
 int
 main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
+	static char dir[MAXPATHLEN];
 
 	cmd_init();
 
 	cmd_load_dir("/lib/nvmecontrol", NULL, NULL);
-	cmd_load_dir(_PATH_LOCALBASE "/lib/nvmecontrol", NULL, NULL);
+	snprintf(dir, MAXPATHLEN, "%s/lib/nvmecontrol", getlocalbase());
+	cmd_load_dir(dir, NULL, NULL);
 
 	cmd_dispatch(argc, argv, NULL);
 
diff --git a/usr.sbin/mailwrapper/mailwrapper.c b/usr.sbin/mailwrapper/mailwrapper.c
index 8a9ec220a26b..ef9c3b4d55c2 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/mailwrapper/mailwrapper.c
+++ b/usr.sbin/mailwrapper/mailwrapper.c
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[], char *envp[])
 	addarg(&al, argv[0]);
 
 	snprintf(localmailerconf, MAXPATHLEN, "%s/etc/mail/mailer.conf",
-	    getenv("LOCALBASE") ? getenv("LOCALBASE") : _PATH_LOCALBASE);
+	    getlocalbase());
 
 	mailerconf = localmailerconf;
 	if ((config = fopen(localmailerconf, "r")) == NULL)
diff --git a/usr.sbin/pkg/Makefile b/usr.sbin/pkg/Makefile
index ebfb71c1699b..980faafc6b6c 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/pkg/Makefile
+++ b/usr.sbin/pkg/Makefile
@@ -25,6 +25,6 @@ MAN=	pkg.7
 
 CFLAGS+=-I${SRCTOP}/contrib/libucl/include
 .PATH:	${SRCTOP}/contrib/libucl/include
-LIBADD=	archive fetch ucl sbuf crypto ssl
+LIBADD=	archive fetch ucl sbuf crypto ssl util
 
 .include <bsd.prog.mk>
diff --git a/usr.sbin/pkg/config.c b/usr.sbin/pkg/config.c
index a1dba3f2670a..aaa9010b295d 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/pkg/config.c
+++ b/usr.sbin/pkg/config.c
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ __FBSDID("$FreeBSD$");
 #include <ucl.h>
 #include <err.h>
 #include <errno.h>
+#include <libutil.h>
 #include <paths.h>
 #include <stdbool.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
@@ -455,9 +456,8 @@ config_init(void)
 	}
 
 	/* Read LOCALBASE/etc/pkg.conf first. */
-	localbase = getenv("LOCALBASE") ? getenv("LOCALBASE") : _PATH_LOCALBASE;
-	snprintf(confpath, sizeof(confpath), "%s/etc/pkg.conf",
-	    localbase);
+	localbase = getlocalbase();
+	snprintf(confpath, sizeof(confpath), "%s/etc/pkg.conf", localbase);
 
 	if (access(confpath, F_OK) == 0 && read_conf_file(confpath,
 	    CONFFILE_PKG))
diff --git a/usr.sbin/pkg/pkg.c b/usr.sbin/pkg/pkg.c
index 3de789328c37..a35efd8f91a8 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/pkg/pkg.c
+++ b/usr.sbin/pkg/pkg.c
@@ -43,12 +43,12 @@ __FBSDID("$FreeBSD$");
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <fetch.h>
+#include <libutil.h>
 #include <paths.h>
 #include <stdbool.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <string.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
 #include <ucl.h>
 
 #include <openssl/err.h>
@@ -1045,8 +1045,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	pkgarg = NULL;
 	yes = false;
 
-	snprintf(pkgpath, MAXPATHLEN, "%s/sbin/pkg",
-	    getenv("LOCALBASE") ? getenv("LOCALBASE") : _PATH_LOCALBASE);
+	snprintf(pkgpath, MAXPATHLEN, "%s/sbin/pkg", getlocalbase());
 
 	if (argc > 1 && strcmp(argv[1], "bootstrap") == 0) {
 		bootstrap_only = true;