diff --git a/srcpkgs/ncursesw/template b/srcpkgs/ncursesw/template
index f8257be5a2..71e06b144c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/ncursesw/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/ncursesw/template
@@ -5,10 +5,9 @@ revision=1
 wrksrc="ncurses-${version}"
 distfiles="http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/ncurses/ncurses-$version.tar.gz"
 build_style=gnu_configure
-configure_args="--with-install-prefix=$XBPS_DESTDIR/$pkgname-$version
- --with-shared --without-debug --enable-widec
- --includedir=/usr/include/ncursesw"
-make_install_target="install.includes install.libs"
+configure_args="--with-shared --without-debug --enable-widec
+--includedir=/usr/include/ncursesw"
+make_install_target="DESTDIR=$XBPS_DESTDIR/$pkgname-$version install.includes install.libs"
 short_desc="Shared libraries for terminal handling (wide character)"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 checksum=0a9bdea5c7de8ded5c9327ed642915f2cc380753f12d4ad120ef7da3ea3498f4