diff --git a/package/avahi/avahi.mk b/package/avahi/avahi.mk
index a013509d17..78c24c276e 100644
--- a/package/avahi/avahi.mk
+++ b/package/avahi/avahi.mk
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_DBUS),y)
 AVAHI_DISABLE_DBUS:=
-AVAHI_EXTRA_DEPS+=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/bin/dbus-daemon
+AVAHI_EXTRA_DEPS+=dbus
 else
 AVAHI_DISABLE_DBUS:=--disable-dbus
 endif
diff --git a/package/dnsmasq/dnsmasq.mk b/package/dnsmasq/dnsmasq.mk
index f25f87cf41..59ca4d438d 100644
--- a/package/dnsmasq/dnsmasq.mk
+++ b/package/dnsmasq/dnsmasq.mk
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ DNSMASQ_COPTS+=-DNO_LARGEFILE
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_DBUS),y)
-DNSMASQ_DBUS:=$(TARGET_DIR)/usr/bin/dbus-daemon
+DNSMASQ_DBUS:=dbus
 else
 DNSMASQ_DBUS:=
 endif