diff --git a/src/dhcp-manager/nm-dhcp-dhclient.c b/src/dhcp-manager/nm-dhcp-dhclient.c
index 0932139..5b5aee8 100644
--- a/src/dhcp-manager/nm-dhcp-dhclient.c
+++ b/src/dhcp-manager/nm-dhcp-dhclient.c
@@ -68,10 +68,6 @@ const char *
 nm_dhcp_dhclient_get_path (const char *try_first)
 {
 	static const char *dhclient_paths[] = {
-		"/sbin/dhclient",
-		"/usr/sbin/dhclient",
-		"/usr/pkg/sbin/dhclient",
-		"/usr/local/sbin/dhclient",
 		NULL
 	};
 	const char **path = dhclient_paths;
diff --git a/src/dhcp-manager/nm-dhcp-dhcpcd.c b/src/dhcp-manager/nm-dhcp-dhcpcd.c
index 237661f..48bc33f 100644
--- a/src/dhcp-manager/nm-dhcp-dhcpcd.c
+++ b/src/dhcp-manager/nm-dhcp-dhcpcd.c
@@ -51,10 +51,6 @@ const char *
 nm_dhcp_dhcpcd_get_path (const char *try_first)
 {
 	static const char *dhcpcd_paths[] = {
-		"/sbin/dhcpcd",
-		"/usr/sbin/dhcpcd",
-		"/usr/pkg/sbin/dhcpcd",
-		"/usr/local/sbin/dhcpcd",
 		NULL
 	};
 	const char **path = dhcpcd_paths;
diff --git a/src/nm-device.c b/src/nm-device.c
index 1dc94ee..e60f3c8 100644
--- a/src/nm-device.c
+++ b/src/nm-device.c
@@ -1321,8 +1321,7 @@ aipd_start (NMDevice *self, NMDeviceStateReason *reason)
 	char *argv[6], *cmdline;
 	const char **aipd_binary = NULL;
 	static const char *aipd_paths[] = {
-		"/usr/sbin/avahi-autoipd",
-		"/usr/local/sbin/avahi-autoipd",
+		"@avahi@/sbin/avahi-autoipd",
 		NULL
 	};
 	int i = 0;
@@ -2555,7 +2554,7 @@ share_init (void)
 	}
 
 	for (iter = modules; *iter; iter++) {
-		char *argv[3] = { "/sbin/modprobe", *iter, NULL };
+		char *argv[3] = { "@kmod@/bin/modprobe", *iter, NULL };
 		char *envp[1] = { NULL };
 		GError *error = NULL;
 
diff --git a/src/ppp-manager/nm-ppp-manager.c b/src/ppp-manager/nm-ppp-manager.c
index 59698c3..7dba0f7 100644
--- a/src/ppp-manager/nm-ppp-manager.c
+++ b/src/ppp-manager/nm-ppp-manager.c
@@ -661,9 +661,7 @@ static inline const char *
 nm_find_pppd (void)
 {
 	static const char *pppd_binary_paths[] = {
-		"/usr/local/sbin/pppd",
-		"/usr/sbin/pppd",
-		"/sbin/pppd",
+		"@ppp@/sbin/pppd",
 		NULL
 	};
 
@@ -988,7 +986,7 @@ nm_ppp_manager_start (NMPPPManager *manager,
 
 	/* Make sure /dev/ppp exists (bgo #533064) */
 	if (stat ("/dev/ppp", &st) || !S_ISCHR (st.st_mode))
-		ignored = system ("/sbin/modprobe ppp_generic");
+		ignored = system ("@kmod@/bin/modprobe ppp_generic");
 
 	connection = nm_act_request_get_connection (req);
 	g_assert (connection);