diff --git a/bin/Makefile.am b/bin/Makefile.am
index 1d30d435c42108ab2659df9fcd547fa393a1f779..9366c7a7161ec5d030bcfa637768408f60c47ea5 100644
--- a/bin/Makefile.am
+++ b/bin/Makefile.am
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 if HAVE_WIN32
-libexec_PROGRAMS = ringcli
+bin_PROGRAMS = ringcli
 ringcli_SOURCES = winmain.cpp
 ringcli_CXXFLAGS = -I$(top_srcdir)/src \
                    -I$(top_srcdir)/src/dring \
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ ringcli_LDADD = $(top_builddir)/src/libring.la
 endif
 
 if HAVE_OSX
-libexec_PROGRAMS = ringcli
+bin_PROGRAMS = ringcli
 ringcli_SOURCES = osxmain.cpp
 ringcli_CXXFLAGS = -I$(top_srcdir)/src \
                    -I$(top_srcdir)/src/dring \
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ endif
 if RING_DBUS
 SUBDIRS=dbus
 
-libexec_PROGRAMS = dring
+sbin_PROGRAMS = dring
 
 dring_SOURCES = main.cpp
 
diff --git a/bin/dbus/cx.ring.Ring.service.in b/bin/dbus/cx.ring.Ring.service.in
index 253b6798bbb7ffcf7c7b0d6a09f4c8d2769b1352..4e27a6422edc49ec369c6ddf574279ca2762f6ee 100644
--- a/bin/dbus/cx.ring.Ring.service.in
+++ b/bin/dbus/cx.ring.Ring.service.in
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 [D-BUS Service]
 Name=cx.ring.Ring
-Exec=@LIBEXECDIR@/dring
+Exec=/usr/sbin/dring
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index e85cbd6f3df668decdd0773225c53c35700a77ca..6ed57353661365b6424c7417827822cff154bc17 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -366,9 +366,6 @@ AC_ARG_WITH([dbus],
 AS_IF([test "x$with_dbus" = "xyes"], [
        PKG_CHECK_MODULES(DBUSCPP, dbus-c++-1,, AC_MSG_WARN([Missing dbus development files]))
 
-       AS_AC_EXPAND(LIBEXECDIR, $libexecdir)
-       AC_SUBST(LIBEXECDIR)
-
        AC_CONFIG_FILES([bin/dbus/Makefile
                         bin/dbus/cx.ring.Ring.service])