diff --git a/src/librc/librc-depend.c b/src/librc/librc-depend.c
index 5d6167e7..102790d2 100644
--- a/src/librc/librc-depend.c
+++ b/src/librc/librc-depend.c
@@ -707,7 +707,7 @@ rc_deptree_update_needed(time_t *newest, char *file)
 	if (!rc_newer_than(RC_DEPTREE_CACHE, RC_LOCAL_CONFDIR, newest, file))
 		newer = true;
 #endif
-	if (!rc_newer_than(RC_DEPTREE_CACHE, "/etc/rc.conf", newest, file))
+	if (!rc_newer_than(RC_DEPTREE_CACHE, RC_CONF, newest, file))
 		newer = true;
 
 	/* Some init scripts dependencies change depending on config files