diff --git a/include/package-defaults.mk b/include/package-defaults.mk
index 1553f2f0d1..753c10227e 100644
--- a/include/package-defaults.mk
+++ b/include/package-defaults.mk
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ CONFIGURE_VARS = \
 		LDFLAGS="$(TARGET_LDFLAGS) $(EXTRA_LDFLAGS)" \
 
 CONFIGURE_PATH = .
-CONFIGURE_CMD = $(CONFIGURE_PATH)/configure
+CONFIGURE_CMD = ./configure
 
 replace_script=$(FIND) $(1) -name $(2) | $(XARGS) chmod u+w; $(FIND) $(1) -name $(2) | $(XARGS) -n1 cp $(SCRIPT_DIR)/$(2);