diff --git a/src/basic/path-util.h b/src/basic/path-util.h
index 66545f52d9c75..0ddfa03feecd8 100644
--- a/src/basic/path-util.h
+++ b/src/basic/path-util.h
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 #include "macro.h"
 #include "time-util.h"
 
-#define DEFAULT_PATH_NORMAL "/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin"
+#define DEFAULT_PATH_NORMAL "/no-such-path"
 #define DEFAULT_PATH_SPLIT_USR DEFAULT_PATH_NORMAL ":/sbin:/bin"
 
 #ifdef HAVE_SPLIT_USR