diff --git a/srcpkgs/john/template b/srcpkgs/john/template
index 0aae21788a8..fa7209d0802 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/john/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/john/template
@@ -36,9 +36,10 @@ do_install() {
 	install -Dm644 run/john.conf ${DESTDIR}/etc/john/john.conf
 	# docs
 	vmkdir usr/share/doc/john
+	vmkdir usr/share/licenses/john
 	install -m644 doc/* ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/doc/john
 	vmkdir usr/share/john
-	vmove usr/share/doc/$pkgname/LICENSE usr/share/licenses/$pkgname
+	mv ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/doc/$pkgname/LICENSE ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/licenses/$pkgname
 	# install password list and charset files
 	install -m644 run/{{all,alnum,alpha,digits,lanman}.chr,password.lst} \
 		${DESTDIR}/usr/share/john