diff --git a/cdist/conf/explorer/cpu_cores b/cdist/conf/explorer/cpu_cores
index c6744142..81e5294e 100755
--- a/cdist/conf/explorer/cpu_cores
+++ b/cdist/conf/explorer/cpu_cores
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ case "$os" in
     ;;
 
     "freebsd"|"netbsd")
+        PATH=$(getconf PATH)
         sysctl -n hw.ncpu
     ;;
 
diff --git a/cdist/conf/explorer/disks b/cdist/conf/explorer/disks
index 24540601..56d62d10 100755
--- a/cdist/conf/explorer/disks
+++ b/cdist/conf/explorer/disks
@@ -30,9 +30,8 @@ case $uname_s in
         sysctl -n hw.disknames | grep -Eo '[lsw]d[0-9]+'
     ;;
     NetBSD)
-        PATH="${PATH}:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin"
-        sysctl -n hw.disknames \
-        | awk 'BEGIN { RS = " " } /^[lsw]d[0-9]+/'
+        PATH=$(getconf PATH)
+        sysctl -n hw.disknames | awk -v RS=' ' '/^[lsw]d[0-9]+/'
     ;;
     Linux)
         # list of major device numbers toexclude:
diff --git a/cdist/conf/explorer/memory b/cdist/conf/explorer/memory
index 302b4cda..5ea15ada 100755
--- a/cdist/conf/explorer/memory
+++ b/cdist/conf/explorer/memory
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ case "$os" in
     ;;
 
     *"bsd")
+        PATH=$(getconf PATH)
         echo "$(sysctl -n hw.physmem) / 1048576" | bc
     ;;