diff --git a/extra/tzdata/build b/extra/tzdata/build
index 7e542ee8..0685a003 100755
--- a/extra/tzdata/build
+++ b/extra/tzdata/build
@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
 #!/bin/sh -e
 
-pkg_dir=$1
-
-make CC="${CC:-cc}"
+make
 make DESTDIR="$1" ZICDIR=/usr/bin install
 
 set -- africa asia australasia europe northamerica southamerica
 
-./zic -d "$pkg_dir/usr/share/zoneinfo" "$@"
-./zic -d "$pkg_dir/usr/share/zoneinfo/posix" "$@"
-./zic -d "$pkg_dir/usr/share/zoneinfo/right" -L leapseconds "$@"
-./zic -d "$pkg_dir/usr/share/zoneinfo" -p America/New_York
+./zic -d "$DESTDIR/usr/share/zoneinfo" "$@"
+./zic -d "$DESTDIR/usr/share/zoneinfo/posix" "$@"
+./zic -d "$DESTDIR/usr/share/zoneinfo/right" -L leapseconds "$@"
+./zic -d "$DESTDIR/usr/share/zoneinfo" -p America/New_York