diff --git a/usr.bin/kyua/Makefile b/usr.bin/kyua/Makefile
index 886aaa250906..3ec4d4f86a33 100644
--- a/usr.bin/kyua/Makefile
+++ b/usr.bin/kyua/Makefile
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ CLEANFILES+=	${MAN}
 .PATH: ${KYUA_SRCDIR}/doc
 .for man in ${MAN}
 ${man}: ${man}.in
-	${SH} ${KYUA_SRCDIR}/doc/manbuild.sh \
+	sh ${KYUA_SRCDIR}/doc/manbuild.sh \
 	    -v "CONFDIR=${KYUA_CONFDIR}" \
 	    -v "DOCDIR=${KYUA_DOCDIR}" \
 	    -v "EGDIR=${KYUA_EGDIR}" \