diff --git a/package/tinycbor/tinycbor.mk b/package/tinycbor/tinycbor.mk
index cad50e633b..d2fb583e67 100644
--- a/package/tinycbor/tinycbor.mk
+++ b/package/tinycbor/tinycbor.mk
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_CJSON),y)
 TINYCBOR_DEPENDENCIES += cjson
 endif
 
-TINYCBOR_MAKE_OPTS = $(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) DISABLE_WERROR=1 V=1
+TINYCBOR_MAKE_OPTS = $(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) DISABLE_WERROR=1 V=1 prefix=/usr
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_STATIC_LIBS),y)
 TINYCBOR_MAKE_OPTS += BUILD_STATIC=1 BUILD_SHARED=0
@@ -34,12 +34,12 @@ endef
 
 define TINYCBOR_INSTALL_STAGING_CMDS
 	$(TARGET_MAKE_ENV) $(MAKE) $(TINYCBOR_MAKE_OPTS) -C $(@D) \
-		DESTDIR=$(STAGING_DIR) prefix=/usr install
+		DESTDIR=$(STAGING_DIR) install
 endef
 
 define TINYCBOR_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
 	$(TARGET_MAKE_ENV) $(MAKE) $(TINYCBOR_MAKE_OPTS) -C $(@D) \
-		DESTDIR=$(TARGET_DIR) prefix=/usr install
+		DESTDIR=$(TARGET_DIR) install
 endef
 
 $(eval $(generic-package))