diff --git a/dev-vcs/subversion/subversion-1.10.4.ebuild b/dev-vcs/subversion/subversion-1.10.4.ebuild
index ae74dc6cd3875..8e5430c0aa33c 100644
--- a/dev-vcs/subversion/subversion-1.10.4.ebuild
+++ b/dev-vcs/subversion/subversion-1.10.4.ebuild
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ src_configure() {
 	local myconf=(
 		--libdir="${EPREFIX%/}/usr/$(get_libdir)"
 		$(use_with apache2 apache-libexecdir)
-		$(use_with apache2 apxs "${APXS}")
+		$(use_with apache2 apxs "${EPREFIX}"/usr/bin/apxs)
 		$(use_with berkdb berkeley-db "db.h:${EPREFIX%/}/usr/include/db${SVN_BDB_VERSION}::db-${SVN_BDB_VERSION}")
 		$(use_with ctypes-python ctypesgen "${EPREFIX%/}/usr")
 		$(use_enable dso runtime-module-search)
diff --git a/dev-vcs/subversion/subversion-1.11.1.ebuild b/dev-vcs/subversion/subversion-1.11.1.ebuild
index 7c3f14bd27c18..bbde3cbe48f9f 100644
--- a/dev-vcs/subversion/subversion-1.11.1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-vcs/subversion/subversion-1.11.1.ebuild
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ src_configure() {
 	local myconf=(
 		--libdir="${EPREFIX%/}/usr/$(get_libdir)"
 		$(use_with apache2 apache-libexecdir)
-		$(use_with apache2 apxs "${APXS}")
+		$(use_with apache2 apxs "${EPREFIX}"/usr/bin/apxs)
 		$(use_with berkdb berkeley-db "db.h:${EPREFIX%/}/usr/include/db${SVN_BDB_VERSION}::db-${SVN_BDB_VERSION}")
 		$(use_with ctypes-python ctypesgen "${EPREFIX%/}/usr")
 		$(use_enable dso runtime-module-search)
diff --git a/dev-vcs/subversion/subversion-1.12.0.ebuild b/dev-vcs/subversion/subversion-1.12.0.ebuild
index df6ddf73f8a5a..d7d1a24e73302 100644
--- a/dev-vcs/subversion/subversion-1.12.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-vcs/subversion/subversion-1.12.0.ebuild
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ src_configure() {
 	local myconf=(
 		--libdir="${EPREFIX%/}/usr/$(get_libdir)"
 		$(use_with apache2 apache-libexecdir)
-		$(use_with apache2 apxs "${APXS}")
+		$(use_with apache2 apxs "${EPREFIX}"/usr/bin/apxs)
 		$(use_with berkdb berkeley-db "db.h:${EPREFIX%/}/usr/include/db${SVN_BDB_VERSION}::db-${SVN_BDB_VERSION}")
 		$(use_with ctypes-python ctypesgen "${EPREFIX%/}/usr")
 		$(use_enable dso runtime-module-search)