diff --git a/miscutils/crontab.c b/miscutils/crontab.c
index c6c33ace9..6b9446464 100644
--- a/miscutils/crontab.c
+++ b/miscutils/crontab.c
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 #define CRONUPDATE      "cron.update"
 #endif
 #ifndef PATH_VI
-#define PATH_VI         "/usr/bin/vi"   /* location of vi       */
+#define PATH_VI         "/bin/vi"   /* location of vi       */
 #endif
 
 #include "busybox.h"