diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 770ea702..c1329574 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ echo "Creating config.mak and config.h"
 echo "# Automatically generated by configure - do not modify" > config.mak
 echo "/* Automatically generated by configure - do not modify */" > $TMPH
 
-echo "prefix=\$(DESTDIR)$prefix" >> config.mak
+echo "prefix=$prefix" >> config.mak
 echo "bindir=\$(DESTDIR)$bindir" >> config.mak
 echo "tccdir=\$(DESTDIR)$tccdir" >> config.mak
 echo "libdir=\$(DESTDIR)$libdir" >> config.mak