diff --git a/sys/shell/commands/sc_icmpv6_echo.c b/sys/shell/commands/sc_icmpv6_echo.c
index 3b379426ab..e8d67483f2 100644
--- a/sys/shell/commands/sc_icmpv6_echo.c
+++ b/sys/shell/commands/sc_icmpv6_echo.c
@@ -254,8 +254,7 @@ int _icmpv6_ping(int argc, char **argv)
 
         _set_payload(pkt->data, payload_len);
 
-        pkt = gnrc_netreg_hdr_build(GNRC_NETTYPE_IPV6, pkt, NULL, 0, addr.u8,
-                                    sizeof(ipv6_addr_t));
+        pkt = gnrc_ipv6_hdr_build(pkt, NULL, addr.u8);
 
         if (pkt == NULL) {
             puts("error: packet buffer full");