diff --git a/wayland/foot/build b/wayland/foot/build
index 81e4ca15..7ec66698 100755
--- a/wayland/foot/build
+++ b/wayland/foot/build
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 sed "/subdir('doc')/d" meson.build > _
 mv -f _ meson.build
 
-export DESTDIR="$1"
-
 meson \
     --prefix=/usr \
     --buildtype=release \