--- a/kernel/gen_kheaders.sh
+++ b/kernel/gen_kheaders.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 outdir="$(pwd)"
 tarfile=$1
 cpio_dir=$outdir/$tarfile.tmp
-cpio=$KBUILD_SRC/tools/build/cpio
 
 dir_list="
 include/
@@ -59,7 +58,7 @@
 pushd $srctree > /dev/null
 for f in $dir_list;
 	do find "$f" -name "*.h";
-done | $cpio --quiet -pd $cpio_dir
+done | cpio --quiet -pd $cpio_dir
 
 popd > /dev/null
 
@@ -67,7 +66,7 @@
 # happen with out of tree builds. Just silence CPIO for now.
 for f in $dir_list;
 	do find "$f" -name "*.h";
-done | $cpio --quiet -pd $cpio_dir >/dev/null 2>&1
+done | cpio --quiet -pd $cpio_dir >/dev/null 2>&1
 
 
 # Remove comments except SDPX lines