diff --git a/package/config/confdata.c b/package/config/confdata.c
index fd3a345e26..27b6a961f0 100644
--- a/package/config/confdata.c
+++ b/package/config/confdata.c
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 const char conf_def_filename[] = ".config";
 
-const char conf_defname[] = "sysdeps/linux/defconfig";
+const char conf_defname[] = "defconfig";
 
 const char *conf_confnames[] = {
 	".config",