diff --git a/extra/libelf/build b/extra/libelf/build
index 6eca5094..ec90b094 100755
--- a/extra/libelf/build
+++ b/extra/libelf/build
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ mv -f _ lib/Makefile.in
 # Skip the default make target and build only what we need.
 make -C lib
 make -C libelf
-make -C libelf DESTDIR="$1" install
-make -C doc    DESTDIR="$1" install-man3
+make -C libelf install
+make -C doc    install-man3
 
 mkdir -p "$1/usr/lib/pkgconfig"
 cp -f config/libelf.pc "$1/usr/lib/pkgconfig/libelf.pc"