diff --git a/misc/ext.d/misc.sh.in b/misc/ext.d/misc.sh.in
index 32a5f3f8d..c096240c8 100644
--- a/misc/ext.d/misc.sh.in
+++ b/misc/ext.d/misc.sh.in
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ do_view_action() {
          fi
         ;;
     cat)
-        /bin/cat "${MC_EXT_FILENAME}" 2>/dev/null
+        cat "${MC_EXT_FILENAME}" 2>/dev/null
         ;;
     ar)
         file "${MC_EXT_FILENAME}" && nm -C "${MC_EXT_FILENAME}"