diff --git a/srcpkgs/shadow/files/login.defs b/srcpkgs/shadow/files/login.defs
index a2bc8b51b7c..1daa67b4dd0 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/shadow/files/login.defs
+++ b/srcpkgs/shadow/files/login.defs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # Directory where mailboxes reside, _or_ name of file, relative to the
 # home directory. If you do define both, MAIL_DIR takes precedence.
 #
-MAIL_DIR 		/var/spool/mail
+MAIL_DIR 		/var/mail
 #MAIL_FILE 		.mail
 
 # Password aging controls:
diff --git a/srcpkgs/shadow/template b/srcpkgs/shadow/template
index bc4175daca8..11df83de5ae 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/shadow/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/shadow/template
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 # Template file for 'shadow'
 pkgname=shadow
 version=4.6
-revision=1
+revision=2
 build_style=gnu-configure
-configure_args="--bindir=/usr/bin --sbindir=/usr/bin
- --libdir=/usr/lib --enable-shared --disable-static
+configure_args="--enable-shared --disable-static
  --with-libpam --without-selinux --with-acl --with-attr
  --disable-nls --enable-subordinate-ids"
 hostmakedepends="automake gettext-devel libtool"