diff --git a/substitute.mk b/substitute.mk
index 50d63ef5c..f502b942d 100644
--- a/substitute.mk
+++ b/substitute.mk
@@ -25,6 +25,6 @@
 	 -e "s^@xmlflags\@^$(xmlflags)^g" \
 	 -e "s^@xsltproc\@^$(xsltproc)^g" \
 	 -e "s^@version\@^$(VERSION)^g" \
-	 -e "s^@testPath\@^$(coreutils):$$(dirname $$(type -P expr))^g" \
+	 -e "s^@testPath\@^$(coreutils):$$(dirname $$(type -p expr))^g" \
 	 < $< > $@ || rm $@
 	if test -x $<; then chmod +x $@; fi