diff --git a/eclass/octaveforge.eclass b/eclass/octaveforge.eclass
index 6f74951a66..0e2c166046 100644
--- a/eclass/octaveforge.eclass
+++ b/eclass/octaveforge.eclass
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ OCT_PKGDIR="${OCT_ROOT}/packages"
 
 # @ECLASS-VARIABLE: OCT_BIN
 # @DESCRIPTION:
-# full path to octave binary
-OCT_BIN="$(type -p octave || die)"
+# octave binary name
+OCT_BIN="octave"
 
 SRC_URI="mirror://sourceforge/octave/${P}.tar.gz"
 SLOT="0"