diff --git a/Makefile.inc1 b/Makefile.inc1
index 8a10e614deae..d1f25e193a14 100644
--- a/Makefile.inc1
+++ b/Makefile.inc1
@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ TMPPATH=	${STRICTTMPPATH}:${PATH}
 # when in the middle of installing over this system.
 #
 .if make(distributeworld) || make(installworld) || make(stageworld)
-INSTALLTMP!=	/usr/bin/mktemp -d -u -t install
+INSTALLTMP!=	mktemp -d -u -t install
 .endif
 
 .if make(stagekernel) || make(distributekernel)
diff --git a/bin/sh/mkbuiltins b/bin/sh/mkbuiltins
index fb77f509b0ba..443a3dcbe705 100755
--- a/bin/sh/mkbuiltins
+++ b/bin/sh/mkbuiltins
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 #	@(#)mkbuiltins	8.2 (Berkeley) 5/4/95
 # $FreeBSD$
 
-temp=`/usr/bin/mktemp -t ka`
+temp=`mktemp -t ka`
 havehist=1
 if [ "X$1" = "X-h" ]; then
 	havehist=0
diff --git a/bin/sh/mktokens b/bin/sh/mktokens
index 8c65c8ddffa9..b7213e6831f6 100644
--- a/bin/sh/mktokens
+++ b/bin/sh/mktokens
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 # token marks the end of a list.  The third column is the name to print in
 # error messages.
 
-temp=`/usr/bin/mktemp -t ka`
+temp=`mktemp -t ka`
 cat > $temp <<\!
 TEOF	1	end of file
 TNL	0	newline