diff --git a/src/interfaces/ecpg/include/Makefile b/src/interfaces/ecpg/include/Makefile
index 836fba3ed77f52205ac9c51a8b868a73becd0855..db0ea7954e5adbbafdc8db5742867cb0074cdc9b 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/ecpg/include/Makefile
+++ b/src/interfaces/ecpg/include/Makefile
@@ -6,15 +6,15 @@ all clean::
 	@echo Nothing to be done.
 
 install::
-	$(INSTALL) $(INSTLOPTS) ecpgerrno.h $(DESTDIR)$(HEADERDIR)	
-	$(INSTALL) $(INSTLOPTS) ecpglib.h $(DESTDIR)$(HEADERDIR)	
-	$(INSTALL) $(INSTLOPTS) ecpgtype.h $(DESTDIR)$(HEADERDIR)	
-	$(INSTALL) $(INSTLOPTS) sqlca.h $(DESTDIR)$(HEADERDIR)	
+	$(INSTALL) $(INSTLOPTS) ecpgerrno.h $(HEADERDIR)	
+	$(INSTALL) $(INSTLOPTS) ecpglib.h $(HEADERDIR)	
+	$(INSTALL) $(INSTLOPTS) ecpgtype.h $(HEADERDIR)	
+	$(INSTALL) $(INSTLOPTS) sqlca.h $(HEADERDIR)	
 
 uninstall::
-	rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(HEADERDIR)/ecpgerrno.h
-	rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(HEADERDIR)/ecpglib.h
-	rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(HEADERDIR)/ecpgtype.h
-	rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(HEADERDIR)/sqlca.h
+	rm -f $(HEADERDIR)/ecpgerrno.h
+	rm -f $(HEADERDIR)/ecpglib.h
+	rm -f $(HEADERDIR)/ecpgtype.h
+	rm -f $(HEADERDIR)/sqlca.h
 
 dep depend:
diff --git a/src/interfaces/ecpg/preproc/Makefile b/src/interfaces/ecpg/preproc/Makefile
index 6952b078f84e10ee86f92a745148e895a299eb94..80ac7444b2ecb682e3cd38c1d40d8f898b7239de 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/ecpg/preproc/Makefile
+++ b/src/interfaces/ecpg/preproc/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ PATCHLEVEL=0
 
 CFLAGS+=-I../include -DMAJOR_VERSION=$(MAJOR_VERSION) \
 	-DMINOR_VERSION=$(MINOR_VERSION) -DPATCHLEVEL=$(PATCHLEVEL) \
-	-DINCLUDE_PATH=\"$(DESTDIR)$(HEADERDIR)\"
+	-DINCLUDE_PATH=\"$(HEADERDIR)\"
 
 OBJ=preproc.o pgc.o type.o ecpg.o ecpg_keywords.o ../../../backend/parser/scansup.o \
     keywords.o c_keywords.o ../lib/typename.o
@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@ clean:
 # to ship those files in the distribution, for people with inadequate tools.
 
 install: all
-	$(INSTALL) $(INSTL_EXE_OPTS) ecpg$(X) $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)
+	$(INSTALL) $(INSTL_EXE_OPTS) ecpg$(X) $(BINDIR)
 
 uninstall:
-	rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)/ecpg
+	rm -f $(BINDIR)/ecpg
 
 # Rule that really do something.
 ecpg: $(OBJ)