diff --git a/test/sysv-generator-test.py b/test/sysv-generator-test.py
index 9774378ae6..18bb40f812 100755
--- a/test/sysv-generator-test.py
+++ b/test/sysv-generator-test.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ from glob import glob
 import collections
 from configparser import RawConfigParser
 
-sysv_generator = os.path.join(os.environ.get('builddir', '.'), 'systemd-sysv-generator')
+sysv_generator = './systemd-sysv-generator'
 
 class MultiDict(collections.OrderedDict):
     def __setitem__(self, key, value):