diff --git a/elements/ramdisk/post-install.d/99-build-ramdisk b/elements/ramdisk/post-install.d/99-build-ramdisk
index c5fdb9f60..3aabf7cbc 100755
--- a/elements/ramdisk/post-install.d/99-build-ramdisk
+++ b/elements/ramdisk/post-install.d/99-build-ramdisk
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ FIRMWARE_DIR=$MODULE_ROOT/lib/firmware
 LIB_UDEV=$LIB_UDEV_ROOT/lib/udev
 INIT="$_LIB/scripts/init"
 FUNCTIONS_D="$_LIB/scripts/d"
+BUSYBOX=${BUSYBOX:-$(which busybox)}
 
 mk_build_dir
 mkdir -p $TMP_BUILD_DIR/mnt
diff --git a/lib/ramdisk-defaults b/lib/ramdisk-defaults
index 0f5b9ad50..893826b13 100644
--- a/lib/ramdisk-defaults
+++ b/lib/ramdisk-defaults
@@ -21,4 +21,3 @@ export DIB_MIN_TMPFS=${DIB_MIN_TMPFS:-1}
 source $_LIB/common-defaults
 MODULE_ROOT=${DIB_MODULE_ROOT:-""}
 LIB_UDEV_ROOT=${DIB_LIB_UDEV_ROOT:-""}
-BUSYBOX=${BUSYBOX:-$(which busybox)}