diff --git a/lib/Test/Rsyslog.pm b/lib/Test/Rsyslog.pm
index f43c6c8..a107e09 100644
--- a/lib/Test/Rsyslog.pm
+++ b/lib/Test/Rsyslog.pm
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ sub start {
         eval {
             # clear any possible tainted environment variables
             local %ENV = %ENV;
-            local $ENV{'PATH'} = '/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/bin:';
+            local $ENV{'PATH'} = '/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/bin';
             delete $ENV{'BASH_ENV'};
             delete $ENV{'ENV'};
             delete $ENV{'IFS'};
diff --git a/t/01-rsyslog.t b/t/01-rsyslog.t
index 59d7fee..443db66 100644
--- a/t/01-rsyslog.t
+++ b/t/01-rsyslog.t
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ plan tests => 13;
 
 {
 	local %ENV = %ENV;
-	local $ENV{'PATH'} = '/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/bin:';
+	local $ENV{'PATH'} = '/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/bin';
 	delete $ENV{'BASH_ENV'};
 	delete $ENV{'ENV'};
 	delete $ENV{'IFS'};