diff --git a/wayland/wl-clipboard/build b/wayland/wl-clipboard/build
index 9565a235..fa4fb1ce 100755
--- a/wayland/wl-clipboard/build
+++ b/wayland/wl-clipboard/build
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
 sed "/subdir('completions')/d" meson.build > _
 mv -f _ meson.build
 
-export DESTDIR="$1"
-
 meson \
     --prefix=/usr \
     --buildtype=release \