diff --git a/extra/pkgconf/build b/extra/pkgconf/build
index 1dbf7ad3..5c58a1e7 100755
--- a/extra/pkgconf/build
+++ b/extra/pkgconf/build
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     --sysconfdir=/etc
 
 make
-make DESTDIR="$1" install
+make install
 
 ln -s pkgconf "$1/usr/bin/pkg-config"