diff -ru source/general.c source-new/general.c
--- source/general.c	2016-08-11 08:16:56.000000000 -0700
+++ source-new/general.c	2017-08-07 20:22:31.581566466 -0700
@@ -909,10 +909,10 @@
      `:'.  If I is 0, then the path has a leading colon.  Trailing colons
      are handled OK by the `else' part of the if statement; an empty
      string is returned in that case. */
-  if (i && string[i] == ':')
+  if (i && string[i] == ';')
     i++;
 
-  for (start = i; string[i] && string[i] != ':'; i++)
+  for (start = i; string[i] && string[i] != ';'; i++)
     ;
 
   *p_index = i;
--- source/config-top.h	2016-05-19 20:34:02.000000000 +0200
+++ build/config-top.h	2018-08-07 15:00:14.440837632 +0200
@@ -63,14 +63,14 @@
 /* The default value of the PATH variable. */
 #ifndef DEFAULT_PATH_VALUE
 #define DEFAULT_PATH_VALUE \
-  "/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/sbin:."
+  "/usr/local/bin;/usr/local/sbin;/usr/bin;/usr/sbin;/bin;/sbin;."
 #endif
 
 /* The value for PATH when invoking `command -p'.  This is only used when
    the Posix.2 confstr () function, or CS_PATH define are not present. */
 #ifndef STANDARD_UTILS_PATH
 #define STANDARD_UTILS_PATH \
-  "/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/etc:/usr/etc"
+  "/bin;/usr/bin;/sbin;/usr/sbin;/etc;/usr/etc"
 #endif
 
 /* Default primary and secondary prompt strings. */