diff --git a/package/upmpdcli/S99upmpdcli b/package/upmpdcli/S99upmpdcli
index 71d19a58e5..c1586eb05d 100644
--- a/package/upmpdcli/S99upmpdcli
+++ b/package/upmpdcli/S99upmpdcli
@@ -1,17 +1,13 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 NAME=upmpdcli
-DAEMON=/usr/bin/$NAME
 CONFFILE=/etc/$NAME.conf
 PIDFILE=/var/run/$NAME.pid
 DAEMON_ARGS="-D -c $CONFFILE"
 
-# Sanity checks
-test -f $DAEMON || exit 0
-
 start() {
         printf "Starting $NAME: "
-        start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --background --exec $DAEMON \
+        start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --background --exec /usr/bin/upmpdcli \
                 -- $DAEMON_ARGS \
                 && echo "OK" || echo "FAIL"
 }