diff --git a/lib/libfetch/common.c b/lib/libfetch/common.c
index 34981e94ac3a..db257883c9fa 100644
--- a/lib/libfetch/common.c
+++ b/lib/libfetch/common.c
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ _fetch_add_entry(struct url_ent **p, int *size, int *len,
     }
 
     tmp = *p + *len;
-    snprintf(tmp->name, MAXPATHLEN, "%s", name);
+    snprintf(tmp->name, PATH_MAX, "%s", name);
     bcopy(stat, &tmp->stat, sizeof *stat);
 
     (*len)++;
diff --git a/lib/libfetch/file.c b/lib/libfetch/file.c
index 2db091db3f25..4e2ddc7e3141 100644
--- a/lib/libfetch/file.c
+++ b/lib/libfetch/file.c
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ fetchListFile(struct url *u, const char *flags)
     struct url_stat us;
     struct url_ent *ue;
     int size, len;
-    char fn[MAXPATHLEN], *p;
+    char fn[PATH_MAX], *p;
     int l;
 
     if ((dir = opendir(u->doc)) == NULL) {