diff --git a/check-builtins.sh b/check-builtins.sh
index cd09309838..d6fe6cf174 100755
--- a/check-builtins.sh
+++ b/check-builtins.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ EOF
 } |
 make -f - sayIt 2>/dev/null |
 sed -n -e 's/.*XXX \(.*\) YYY.*/\1/p' |
-/usr/bin/sort |
+sort |
 {
     bad=0
     while read builtin