diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 93e13ea3..d5498b2e 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
  (Format: Year/Month/Day)
 Changes for 1.0rc3:
 *07/01/02:
+   * Replace `which' in fbsetbg and fbgm with `command -v' (Mark)
+     util/fbsetbg fluxbox-generate_menu.in
    * Don't escape regular expression metacharacters in apps file, bug
      #1595497 (Mark)
      Remember.cc ClientPattern.cc
diff --git a/util/fbsetbg b/util/fbsetbg
index 60118e54..917f89a1 100644
--- a/util/fbsetbg
+++ b/util/fbsetbg
@@ -131,28 +131,9 @@ Common tips to use with $command:
 EOF
 }
 
-# some which's have a reliable return code, some don't
-# Lets figure out which which we have.
-if which this_program_does_not_exist-no_really-aA1zZ9 >/dev/null 2>/dev/null; then
-    # can't rely on return value
-    find_it() {
-        file=`which $1 2> /dev/null`
-        if [ -x "$file" ]; then
-            if [ $# -gt 1 ]; then
-                shift
-                $*
-            fi
-            return 0
-        else
-            return 1
-        fi
-    }
-else
-    # can rely on return value
-    find_it() {
-        which $1 > /dev/null 2>&1 && shift && $*
-    }
-fi
+find_it() {
+    command -v $1 > /dev/null 2>&1 && shift && $*
+}
 
 message() {
 
@@ -349,7 +330,7 @@ if [ "$setterfromcommandline" != true ]; then
             if [ ! "$wpsetter" = Esetroot ]; then
                 WPSETTER=$wpsetter
                 break
-            elif ldd `which Esetroot`|grep libImlib 2>&1 > /dev/null; then
+            elif ldd `command -v Esetroot`|grep libImlib 2>&1 > /dev/null; then
                 WPSETTER=$wpsetter
                 break
             else
diff --git a/util/fluxbox-generate_menu.in b/util/fluxbox-generate_menu.in
index 80a2af2b..cd168fc1 100755
--- a/util/fluxbox-generate_menu.in
+++ b/util/fluxbox-generate_menu.in
@@ -124,42 +124,13 @@ fluxbox-generate_menu was brought to you by:
 EOF
 }
 
-# some which's have a reliable return code, some don't
-# Lets figure out which which we have.
-if which this_program_does_not_exist-no_really-aA1zZ9 2> /dev/null 1> /dev/null; then
-    # can't rely on return value
-    find_it() {
-        file=`which $1 2> /dev/null`
-        if [ -x "$file" ]; then
-            if [ $# -gt 1 ]; then
-                shift
-                "$@"
-            fi
-            return 0
-        else
-            return 1
-        fi
-    }
+find_it() {
+    command -v $1 > /dev/null 2>&1 && shift && "$@"
+}
 
-    find_it_options() {
-        file=`which $1 2> /dev/null`
-        if [ -x "$file" ]; then
-            return 0
-        else
-            return 1
-        fi
-    }
-
-else
-    # can rely on return value
-    find_it() {
-        which $1 > /dev/null 2>&1 && shift && "$@"
-    }
-
-    find_it_options() {
-        which $1 > /dev/null 2>&1
-    }
-fi
+find_it_options() {
+    command -v $1 > /dev/null 2>&1
+}
 
 #echo "replaceWithinString: $1, $2, $3" >&2
 #echo ${1//$2/$3} # causes error in BSD even though not used
@@ -211,7 +182,7 @@ convertIcon(){
     if [ -f "${entry_icon}" ]; then
         : echo "File exists. To overwrite, type: convert \"$1\" \"$entry_icon\"" >&2
     else
-        if which convert &> /dev/null; then
+        if command -v convert &> /dev/null; then
             convert "$1" "$entry_icon"
             # echo convert "$1" , "$entry_icon" >> $ICONMAPPING
         else
@@ -1378,7 +1349,7 @@ fi
 # prefix
 PREFIX="${PREFIX:=@PREFIX@}"
 if [  -z "${PREFIX}" -o ! -d "${PREFIX}" ]; then
-    PREFIX=`which fluxbox | sed 's,/bin/fluxbox$,,'`
+    PREFIX=`command -v fluxbox | sed 's,/bin/fluxbox$,,'`
 fi