--- a/lib/tag-generator.js
+++ b/lib/tag-generator.js
@@ -79,9 +79,8 @@
   generate() {
     let tags = {};
     const packageRoot = this.getPackageRoot();
-    const command = path.join(packageRoot, 'vendor', `ctags-${process.platform}`);
-    const defaultCtagsFile = path.join(packageRoot, 'lib', 'ctags-config');
-    const args = [`--options=${defaultCtagsFile}`, '--fields=+KS'];
+    const command = 'ctags';
+    const args = ['--fields=+KS'];
 
     if (atom.config.get('symbols-view.useEditorGrammarAsCtagsLanguage')) {
       const language = this.getLanguage();