diff --git a/wayland/sway/build b/wayland/sway/build
index 3e56bc76..cebd00ff 100755
--- a/wayland/sway/build
+++ b/wayland/sway/build
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ sed 's/0.25f, 0.25f, 0.25f/0.929, 0.870, 0.678/' \
     sway/desktop/render.c > _
 mv -f _ sway/desktop/render.c
 
-export DESTDIR="$1"
-
 meson \
     --prefix=/usr \
     -Dexamples=false \