diff --git a/bin/cdist b/bin/cdist
index 66ccbb5a..d7eae312 100755
--- a/bin/cdist
+++ b/bin/cdist
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ import sys
 try:
     import cdist
 except ModuleNotFoundError:
-    cdist_bin = os.path.abspath(__file__)
+    cdist_bin = __file__
     if os.path.islink(cdist_bin):
         cdist_bin = os.readlink(cdist_bin)
     cdist_dir = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(cdist_bin), os.pardir))