diff -Naur findutils-4.2.30/xargs/xargs.c findutils-4.2.30_new/xargs/xargs.c
--- findutils-4.2.30/xargs/xargs.c	2007-02-27 11:21:08.000000000 +0100
+++ findutils-4.2.30_new/xargs/xargs.c	2007-07-17 19:02:05.000000000 +0200
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@
   int show_limits = 0;			/* --show-limits */
   int always_run_command = 1;
   char *input_file = "-"; /* "-" is stdin */
-  char *default_cmd = "/bin/echo";
+  char *default_cmd = "echo";
   int (*read_args) PARAMS ((void)) = read_line;
   void (*act_on_init_result)(void) = noop;
   int env_too_big = 0;
