diff -Naur a/include/libbb.h b/include/libbb.h
--- a/include/libbb.h	2023-01-03 15:14:43.000000000 +0100
+++ b/include/libbb.h	2026-04-16 14:05:02.086560544 +0200
@@ -2276,7 +2276,7 @@
 #ifndef BB_ADDITIONAL_PATH
 #define BB_ADDITIONAL_PATH ""
 #endif
-#define BB_PATH_ROOT_PATH "PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin" BB_ADDITIONAL_PATH
+#define BB_PATH_ROOT_PATH "PATH=/usr/bin:/bin" BB_ADDITIONAL_PATH
 extern const char bb_PATH_root_path[] ALIGN1; /* BB_PATH_ROOT_PATH */
 #define bb_default_root_path (bb_PATH_root_path + sizeof("PATH"))
 /* util-linux manpage says /sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin,