diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 4f05bedb253..cc2944b3b0f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@ ifeq ($(findstring /,$(URCHIN)),) # urchin path was NOT passed in.
 		# Add the local npm packages' bin folder to the PATH, so that `make` can find them, when invoked directly.
 		# Note that rather than using `$(npm bin)` the 'node_modules/.bin' path component is hard-coded, so that invocation works even from an environment
 		# where npm is (temporarily) unavailable due to having deactivated an nvm instance loaded into the calling shell in order to avoid interference with tests.
-	export PATH := $(shell printf '%s' "$$PWD/node_modules/.bin:/Users/narfdre/.nvm/versions/node/v22.1.0/bin:$$PATH")
+	export PATH := $(shell printf '%s' "$$PWD/node_modules/.bin:$$PATH")
 		# The list of all supporting utilities, installed with `npm install`.
 	UTILS := $(URCHIN) replace semver
 		# Make sure that all required utilities can be located.
-	UTIL_CHECK := $(or $(shell PATH="$(PATH)" which $(UTILS) >/dev/null && echo 'ok'),$(error Did you forget to run `npm install` after cloning the repo? At least one of the required supporting utilities not found: $(UTILS), $(PATH)))
+	UTIL_CHECK := $(or $(shell PATH="$(PATH)" which $(UTILS) >/dev/null && echo 'ok'),$(error Did you forget to run `npm install` after cloning the repo? At least one of the required supporting utilities not found: $(UTILS)))
 endif
 	# The files that need updating when incrementing the version number.
 VERSIONED_FILES := nvm.sh install.sh README.md package.json