1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/libbb/execable.c b/libbb/execable.c
index cb56b9181..817c06736 100644
--- a/libbb/execable.c
+++ b/libbb/execable.c
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ char *find_execable(const char *filename)
 {
         char *path, *p, *n;
 
-        p = path = xstrdup(getenv("PATH") ? : "");
+        p = path = xstrdup(getenv("PATH"));
         while (p) {
                 n = strchr(p, ':');
                 if (n)
@@ -59,4 +59,3 @@ int exists_execable(const char *filename)
         }
         return 0;
 }
-