diff --git a/packages/sysutils/busybox-hosttools/build b/packages/sysutils/busybox-hosttools/build
index 255ac4b6c6..d005eabfba 100755
--- a/packages/sysutils/busybox-hosttools/build
+++ b/packages/sysutils/busybox-hosttools/build
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ setup_toolchain host
 
 cd $BUILD/busybox*
   make distclean
-  cp $ROOT/$PKG_DIR/config/$1.conf .config
+  cp $PKG_DIR/config/$1.conf .config
   make oldconfig
 
   ARCH=$TARGET_ARCH make CROSS_COMPILE="" KBUILD_VERBOSE="1" install