diff --git a/libraries/chef_rbenv_recipe_helpers.rb b/libraries/chef_rbenv_recipe_helpers.rb
index 249cb615..dbdfdf16 100644
--- a/libraries/chef_rbenv_recipe_helpers.rb
+++ b/libraries/chef_rbenv_recipe_helpers.rb
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ def initialize_rbenv(opts)
         end
 
         bash "Initialize rbenv (#{opts[:user] || 'system'})" do
-          code  %{PATH="#{prefix}/bin:$PATH" #{prefix}/libexec/rbenv-init -}
+          code  %{PATH="#{prefix}/bin:$PATH" rbenv init -}
           environment({'RBENV_ROOT' => prefix}.merge(init_env))
           user  opts[:user]   if opts[:user]
           group opts[:group]  if opts[:group]