diff --git a/system/Config.in b/system/Config.in
index 1bc8b61f11..b24004c533 100644
--- a/system/Config.in
+++ b/system/Config.in
@@ -535,7 +535,7 @@ endif # BR2_ROOTFS_SKELETON_DEFAULT
 config BR2_SYSTEM_DEFAULT_PATH
 	string "Set the system's default PATH"
 	default "/usr/bin:/usr/sbin" if BR2_ROOTFS_MERGED_USR
-	default "/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin" if !BR2_ROOTFS_MERGED_USR
+	default "/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin"
 	help
 	  Sets the system's default PATH. It is being used in
 	  /etc/profile in the skeleton-init-common package and by some