diff --git a/package/dovecot-pigeonhole/dovecot-pigeonhole.mk b/package/dovecot-pigeonhole/dovecot-pigeonhole.mk
index dd533977f4..62d9909cf5 100644
--- a/package/dovecot-pigeonhole/dovecot-pigeonhole.mk
+++ b/package/dovecot-pigeonhole/dovecot-pigeonhole.mk
@@ -15,12 +15,4 @@ DOVECOT_PIGEONHOLE_DEPENDENCIES = dovecot
 
 DOVECOT_PIGEONHOLE_CONF_OPTS = --with-dovecot=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib
 
-ifeq ($(BR2_PER_PACKAGE_DIRECTORIES),y)
-define DOVECOT_PIGEONHOLE_FIXUP_DOVECOT_CONFIG
-	$(SED) 's,$(PER_PACKAGE_DIR)/dovecot/,$(PER_PACKAGE_DIR)/dovecot-pigeonhole/,g' \
-		$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib/dovecot-config
-endef
-DOVECOT_PIGEONHOLE_PRE_CONFIGURE_HOOKS = DOVECOT_PIGEONHOLE_FIXUP_DOVECOT_CONFIG
-endif
-
 $(eval $(autotools-package))