diff --git a/usr.bin/locate/locate/updatedb.sh b/usr.bin/locate/locate/updatedb.sh
--- a/usr.bin/locate/locate/updatedb.sh
+++ b/usr.bin/locate/locate/updatedb.sh
@@ -96,5 +96,5 @@
 		echo "updatedb: locate database $tmp is empty" >&2
 		exit 1
 	fi
-	install $tmp $FCODES
+	cat $tmp >$FCODES
 fi