diff --git a/kiss b/kiss
index c0e1a95..dd364c8 100755
--- a/kiss
+++ b/kiss
@@ -1675,7 +1675,7 @@ main() {
 
     # This allows for automatic setup of a KISS chroot and will
     # do nothing on a normal system.
-    mkdir -p "${sys_db:=$KISS_ROOT/$pkg_db}" 2>/dev/null ||:
+    mkdir -p "${sys_db:=$KISS_ROOT/}" 2>/dev/null ||:
 
     # Create the required temporary directories and set the variables
     # which point to them.