diff --git a/wayland/wlroots/build b/wayland/wlroots/build
index 7e91c97a..a40a4b05 100755
--- a/wayland/wlroots/build
+++ b/wayland/wlroots/build
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/sh -e
 
-export DESTDIR="$1"
-
 meson \
     --prefix=/usr \
     -Ddefault_library=both \