diff --git a/srcpkgs/xob/template b/srcpkgs/xob/template
index dfac3851302..f988c84a0e7 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/xob/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/xob/template
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ pkgname=xob
 version=0.3
 revision=2
 build_style=gnu-makefile
-make_build_args="prefix=/usr sysconfdir=/etc"
+make_build_args="sysconfdir=/etc"
 make_install_args="$make_build_args"
 make_use_env=yes
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config"