diff --git a/xorg/st/build b/xorg/st/build
index 1f18ba6c..b6399f2c 100755
--- a/xorg/st/build
+++ b/xorg/st/build
@@ -2,8 +2,5 @@
 
 sed -i 's|Liberation Mono|Monospace|g' config.def.h
 
-./configure \
-    --prefix=/usr
-
 make
 make DESTDIR="$1" install