diff --git a/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/local-build/Makefile b/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/local-build/Makefile
index f5fb753481..8a893ba38e 100644
--- a/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/local-build/Makefile
+++ b/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/local-build/Makefile
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ virtiofsd-tarball:
 	${MAKE} $@-build
 
 merge-builds:
-	$(MK_DIR)/kata-deploy-merge-builds.sh build "$(MK_DIR)/../../../../versions.yaml"
+	$(MK_DIR)/kata-deploy-merge-builds.sh build "../../../../versions.yaml"
 
 install-tarball:
 	tar -xf ./kata-static.tar.xz -C /