1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/config.c b/config.c
index 3f4d3b1602..3e72778e94 100644
--- a/config.c
+++ b/config.c
@@ -498,9 +498,9 @@ const char *git_etc_gitconfig(void)
 		system_wide = ETC_GITCONFIG;
 		if (!is_absolute_path(system_wide)) {
 			/* interpret path relative to exec-dir */
-			const char *exec_path = git_exec_path();
-			system_wide = prefix_path(exec_path, strlen(exec_path),
-						system_wide);
+			struct strbuf d = STRBUF_INIT;
+			strbuf_addf(&d, "%s/%s", git_exec_path(), system_wide);
+			system_wide = strbuf_detach(&d, NULL);
 		}
 	}
 	return system_wide;