diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/busybox/busybox.inc b/meta/recipes-core/busybox/busybox.inc
index f5d7c3f9c8..938f09925c 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/busybox/busybox.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/busybox/busybox.inc
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ do_prepare_config () {
 do_configure () {
 	set -x
 	do_prepare_config
-	merge_config.sh -m .config ${@" ".join(find_cfgs(d))}
+	merge_config.sh -m ${@" ".join(find_cfgs(d))}
 	cml1_do_configure
 
 	# Save a copy of .config and autoconf.h.