diff --git a/extra/libva-utils/build b/extra/libva-utils/build
index fd5a0757..42713b2a 100755
--- a/extra/libva-utils/build
+++ b/extra/libva-utils/build
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/sh -e
 
-export DESTDIR="$1"
-
 meson \
     --prefix=/usr \
     --sysconfdir=/etc \