diff --git a/package/opkg-utils/opkg-utils.mk b/package/opkg-utils/opkg-utils.mk
index 6f4e64e34f..df202220d2 100644
--- a/package/opkg-utils/opkg-utils.mk
+++ b/package/opkg-utils/opkg-utils.mk
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ define HOST_OPKG_UTILS_BUILD_CMDS
 endef
 
 define HOST_OPKG_UTILS_INSTALL_CMDS
-	$(MAKE) -C $(@D) DESTDIR=$(HOST_DIR) PREFIX=/usr install
+	$(MAKE) -C $(@D) PREFIX=$(HOST_DIR) install
 endef
 
 $(eval $(host-generic-package))