diff --git a/srcpkgs/mongodb/files/mongodb/run b/srcpkgs/mongodb/files/mongodb/run
index cfbf4e92c0c..2ff30dbcfa0 100755
--- a/srcpkgs/mongodb/files/mongodb/run
+++ b/srcpkgs/mongodb/files/mongodb/run
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-exec /usr/bin/mongod --quiet --config /etc/mongodb/mongodb.conf
+exec mongod --quiet --config /etc/mongodb/mongodb.conf
diff --git a/srcpkgs/mongodb/files/mongodb/supervise b/srcpkgs/mongodb/files/mongodb/supervise
deleted file mode 120000
index fc12099078a..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/mongodb/files/mongodb/supervise
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-/run/runit/supervise.mongodb
\ No newline at end of file