diff --git a/package/network-manager/network-manager.mk b/package/network-manager/network-manager.mk
index 79442543d..9770cae94 100644
--- a/package/network-manager/network-manager.mk
+++ b/package/network-manager/network-manager.mk
@@ -56,11 +56,11 @@ else
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_DHCP_CLIENT),y)
-NETWORK_MANAGER_CONF_OPTS += --with-dhclient=/usr/sbin/dhclient
+NETWORK_MANAGER_CONF_OPTS += --with-dhclient=/sbin/dhclient
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_DHCPCD),y)
-NETWORK_MANAGER_CONF_OPTS += --with-dhcpcd=/usr/sbin/dhcpcd
+NETWORK_MANAGER_CONF_OPTS += --with-dhcpcd=/sbin/dhcpcd
 endif
 
 # uClibc by default doesn't have backtrace support, so don't use it