diff --git a/extra/pcre/build b/extra/pcre/build
index 4ee3fae2..4a375d24 100755
--- a/extra/pcre/build
+++ b/extra/pcre/build
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@
     --enable-unicode-properties
 
 make
-make DESTDIR="$1" install
+make install
 
 rm -rf "$1/usr/share/doc"