diff --git a/debian/linkchecker.postinst b/debian/linkchecker.postinst
index 901fd8c7..e5038424 100755
--- a/debian/linkchecker.postinst
+++ b/debian/linkchecker.postinst
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ dpkg-maintscript-helper rm_conffile /etc/linkchecker/logging.conf 7.3 -- "$@"
 
 # reload apache configuration
 if [ "$1" = "configure" -a -x /etc/init.d/apache2 ]; then
-    /usr/sbin/invoke-rc.d apache2 reload || true
+    invoke-rc.d apache2 reload || true
 fi
 
 exit 0