diff --git a/src/core-utils/core-utils.i b/src/core-utils/core-utils.i
index ca6fca60f4..07f2e72edf 100644
--- a/src/core-utils/core-utils.i
+++ b/src/core-utils/core-utils.i
@@ -12,11 +12,9 @@ SCM scm_init_sw_core_utils_module (void);
 
 %import "base-typemaps.i"
 
-%newobject g_find_program_in_path;
-gchar * g_find_program_in_path(const gchar *);
-
 gboolean gnc_is_debugging(void);
 
+gchar * gnc_path_get_bindir(void);
 gchar * gnc_path_get_stdreportsdir(void);
 gchar * gnc_build_dotgnucash_path(const gchar *);
 gchar * gnc_build_report_path(const gchar *);
diff --git a/src/core-utils/core-utils.scm b/src/core-utils/core-utils.scm
index 53ea7a5d61..0b8ad1eb25 100644
--- a/src/core-utils/core-utils.scm
+++ b/src/core-utils/core-utils.scm
@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@
 (use-modules (sw_core_utils))
 
 (re-export gnc-is-debugging)
+(re-export gnc-path-get-bindir)
 (re-export gnc-path-get-stdreportsdir)
 (re-export gnc-build-dotgnucash-path)
 (re-export gnc-build-report-path)
 (re-export gnc-build-stdreports-path)
-(re-export g-find-program-in-path)
 (re-export gnc-utf8?)
 (re-export gnc-utf8-strip-invalid-strdup)
 (re-export gnc-locale-from-utf8)
diff --git a/src/core-utils/gnc-path.c b/src/core-utils/gnc-path.c
index 1503b27afa..39acbbdc5f 100644
--- a/src/core-utils/gnc-path.c
+++ b/src/core-utils/gnc-path.c
@@ -31,6 +31,16 @@ gchar *gnc_path_get_prefix()
     return gnc_gbr_find_prefix (PREFIX);
 }
 
+/** Returns the bindir path, usually
+ * "$prefix/bin".
+ *
+ * @returns A newly allocated string. */
+gchar *gnc_path_get_bindir()
+{
+    //printf("Returning bindir %s\n", gnc_gbr_find_bin_dir (BINDIR));
+    return gnc_gbr_find_bin_dir (BINDIR);
+}
+
 /** Returns the libdir path, usually
  * "$prefix/lib". Needed for gnome_program_init().
  *
diff --git a/src/core-utils/gnc-path.h b/src/core-utils/gnc-path.h
index 8d899d407e..47505b5cf8 100644
--- a/src/core-utils/gnc-path.h
+++ b/src/core-utils/gnc-path.h
@@ -31,6 +31,12 @@
  * @returns A newly allocated string. */
 gchar *gnc_path_get_prefix(void);
 
+/** Returns the bindir path, usually
+ * "$prefix/bin".
+ *
+ * @returns A newly allocated string. */
+gchar *gnc_path_get_bindir(void);
+
 /** Returns the libdir path, usually
  * "$prefix/lib". Needed for gnome_program_init(void).
  *
diff --git a/src/core-utils/gncla-dir.h.in b/src/core-utils/gncla-dir.h.in
index 3802c96dbf..c6921787e6 100644
--- a/src/core-utils/gncla-dir.h.in
+++ b/src/core-utils/gncla-dir.h.in
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #define DATADIR "@-datadir-@"
 #define SYSCONFDIR "@-sysconfdir-@"
 
+#define BINDIR "@-bindir-@"
 #define LIBDIR "@-libdir-@"
 
 #define LOCALE_DATADIRNAME "@-DATADIRNAME-@"
diff --git a/src/scm/price-quotes.scm b/src/scm/price-quotes.scm
index 537f1fa579..9d30bc9af7 100644
--- a/src/scm/price-quotes.scm
+++ b/src/scm/price-quotes.scm
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@
 ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
 
 (define gnc:*finance-quote-check*
-  (g-find-program-in-path "gnc-fq-check"))
+  (string-append (gnc-path-get-bindir) "/gnc-fq-check"))
 
 (define (gnc:fq-check-sources)
   (let ((program '())
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@
 ;; src/engine/gnc-pricedb.h
 
 (define gnc:*finance-quote-helper*
-  (g-find-program-in-path "gnc-fq-helper"))
+  (string-append (gnc-path-get-bindir) "/gnc-fq-helper"))
 
 (define (gnc:fq-get-quotes requests)
   ;; requests should be a list where each item is of the form