diff --git a/scripts/oe-buildenv-internal b/scripts/oe-buildenv-internal
index bc6a4fedcd..8eee0087a9 100755
--- a/scripts/oe-buildenv-internal
+++ b/scripts/oe-buildenv-internal
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ fi
 # Make sure our paths are at the beginning of $PATH
 for newpath in "$BITBAKEDIR/bin" "$OEROOT/scripts"; do
     # Remove any existences of $newpath from $PATH
-    PATH=$(echo $PATH | sed -re "s#(^|:)$newpath(:|$)#\1#g;s#^:##")
+    PATH=$(echo $PATH | sed -re "s#(^|:)$newpath(:|$)#\2#g;s#^:##")
 
     # Add $newpath to $PATH
     PATH="$newpath:$PATH"