diff --git a/config/CONFIG_COMMON b/config/CONFIG_COMMON
index 65f82ec6a..a3932cd87 100644
--- a/config/CONFIG_COMMON
+++ b/config/CONFIG_COMMON
@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ INSTALL_LIBRARY = $(INSTALL)
 
 # dbtools from EPICS
 
-# state notation language compiler (installed from base/src/sequencer)
-SNC = $(EPICS_BASE_HOST_BIN)/snc$(EXE)
+# state notation language compiler (removed from base for R3.14)
+SNC = $(SEQ)/bin/$(HOST_ARCH)/snc$(EXE)
 
 ifdef T_A