diff --git a/srcpkgs/apache-fop/files/fop.conf b/srcpkgs/apache-fop/files/fop.conf
index 8c5ef85b50..7d9194ddb8 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/apache-fop/files/fop.conf
+++ b/srcpkgs/apache-fop/files/fop.conf
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 FOP_OPTS="-Xmx512m"
-FOP_HOME="/usr/share/fop-1.1"
+FOP_HOME="/usr/share/fop"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/apache-fop/template b/srcpkgs/apache-fop/template
index 15f153dcd2..22fdae3b52 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/apache-fop/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/apache-fop/template
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ hostmakedepends="jdk"
 makedepends="apache-ant"
 depends="jre "
 wrksrc="fop-${version}"
-_prefix="usr/share/fop-${version}"  
+_prefix="usr/share/fop"  
 conf_files="/etc/fop.conf"
 
 if [ "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" = "x86_64" ]; then
@@ -53,6 +53,6 @@ do_install() {
     vinstall ${FILESDIR}/fop.conf 644 etc/
     #create a handy symlink
     vmkdir usr/bin
-    ln -sf /usr/share/fop-${version}/fop $DESTDIR/usr/bin/fop
+    ln -sf /usr/share/fop/fop $DESTDIR/usr/bin/fop
 }