diff --git a/package/procps-ng/procps-ng.mk b/package/procps-ng/procps-ng.mk
index e0e89c488a..fb1b236feb 100644
--- a/package/procps-ng/procps-ng.mk
+++ b/package/procps-ng/procps-ng.mk
@@ -19,18 +19,6 @@ PROCPS_NG_GETTEXTIZE = YES
 # wins the fight over who gets to have their utils actually installed.
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX),y)
 PROCPS_NG_DEPENDENCIES += busybox
-# Also overwrite the remaining busybox symlinks for tools which are now
-# provided by procps-ng and got installed in /usr/bin instead of /bin.
-# Currently these tools are only pidof and watch. We only need to do
-# this if the /usr/bin and /bin directories are not merged.
-ifeq ($(BR2_ROOTFS_MERGED_USR),)
-define PROCPS_NG_MOVE_BINARIES
-	for i in pidof watch; do \
-		mv $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/bin/$$i $(TARGET_DIR)/bin/; \
-	done
-endef
-PROCPS_NG_POST_INSTALL_TARGET_HOOKS += PROCPS_NG_MOVE_BINARIES
-endif
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_NEEDS_GETTEXT_IF_LOCALE),y)
@@ -45,15 +33,9 @@ else
 PROCPS_NG_CONF_OPTS += --without-systemd
 endif
 
-# We need this to make procps-ng binaries installed in $(TARGET_DIR)/usr
-# instead of $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/usr
-PROCPS_NG_CONF_OPTS += \
-	--prefix=/usr \
-	--exec-prefix=/ \
-	--sysconfdir=/etc \
-	--libdir=/usr/lib \
-	--bindir=/bin \
-	--sbindir=/sbin
+# Make sure binaries get installed in /bin, so that they overwrite
+# their busybox counterparts.
+PROCPS_NG_CONF_OPTS += --exec-prefix=/
 
 # Allows unicode characters to show in 'watch'
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_NCURSES_WCHAR),y)