diff --git a/bin/csh/Makefile b/bin/csh/Makefile
index e43de0770a56..4d5f3757eef0 100644
--- a/bin/csh/Makefile
+++ b/bin/csh/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 .include <src.opts.mk>
 
 PACKAGE=runtime
-TCSHDIR= ${.CURDIR}/../../contrib/tcsh
+TCSHDIR= ${SRCTOP}/contrib/tcsh
 .PATH: ${TCSHDIR}
 
 PROG=	csh
diff --git a/bin/df/Makefile b/bin/df/Makefile
index c054d29a27e8..6d36a370b02c 100644
--- a/bin/df/Makefile
+++ b/bin/df/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # $FreeBSD$
 
 PACKAGE=runtime
-MOUNT=	${.CURDIR}/../../sbin/mount
+MOUNT=	${SRCTOP}/sbin/mount
 .PATH: ${MOUNT}
 
 PROG=	df
diff --git a/bin/freebsd-version/Makefile b/bin/freebsd-version/Makefile
index c49f66143b46..073f4d3fa00c 100644
--- a/bin/freebsd-version/Makefile
+++ b/bin/freebsd-version/Makefile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ PACKAGE=runtime
 SCRIPTS = freebsd-version
 MAN = freebsd-version.1
 CLEANFILES = freebsd-version freebsd-version.sh
-NEWVERS = ${.CURDIR}/../../sys/conf/newvers.sh
+NEWVERS = ${SRCTOP}/sys/conf/newvers.sh
 
 freebsd-version.sh: ${.CURDIR}/freebsd-version.sh.in ${NEWVERS}
 	eval $$(egrep '^(TYPE|REVISION|BRANCH)=' ${NEWVERS}) ; \
diff --git a/bin/rmail/Makefile b/bin/rmail/Makefile
index 53d0ca4f554f..21f3ceb16582 100644
--- a/bin/rmail/Makefile
+++ b/bin/rmail/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # $FreeBSD$
 
 PACKAGE=sendmail
-SENDMAIL_DIR=${.CURDIR}/../../contrib/sendmail
+SENDMAIL_DIR=${SRCTOP}/contrib/sendmail
 .PATH:	${SENDMAIL_DIR}/rmail
 
 # Not much point this being static. It calls a shared sendmail...
diff --git a/bin/sh/Makefile b/bin/sh/Makefile
index ee7dc140e27c..65856de36491 100644
--- a/bin/sh/Makefile
+++ b/bin/sh/Makefile
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ WARNS?=	2
 WFORMAT=0
 
 .PATH:	${.CURDIR}/bltin \
-	${.CURDIR}/../kill \
-	${.CURDIR}/../test \
-	${.CURDIR}/../../usr.bin/printf
+	${.CURDIR:H}/kill \
+	${.CURDIR:H}/test \
+	${SRCTOP}/usr.bin/printf
 
 CLEANFILES+= mknodes mknodes.o \
 	mksyntax mksyntax.o