diff --git a/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/local-build/Makefile b/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/local-build/Makefile
index bd1fb7031b..e7a1a9e32a 100644
--- a/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/local-build/Makefile
+++ b/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/local-build/Makefile
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ 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 /