diff --git a/base/sysvinit/system.init b/base/sysvinit/system.init
index 490c6068f..2550fcc3e 100644
--- a/base/sysvinit/system.init
+++ b/base/sysvinit/system.init
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ dnl
     block_split(`Setting console terminal type and blank interval.')
 	con_term=linux; con_blank=0
         [ -f /etc/conf/console ] && . /etc/conf/console
-        check(`D_prefix/bin/setterm -term $con_term -blank $con_blank > /dev/console')
+        check(`setterm -term $con_term -blank $con_blank > /dev/console')
 dnl
     block_split(`Setting up loopback networking.')
 	check(`ip link set lo up')