diff --git a/package/pkg-python.mk b/package/pkg-python.mk
index 2418f5dfa4..6e411ab5c5 100644
--- a/package/pkg-python.mk
+++ b/package/pkg-python.mk
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ HOST_PKG_PYTHON_DISTUTILS_ENV = \
 	PYTHONNOUSERSITE=1
 
 HOST_PKG_PYTHON_DISTUTILS_INSTALL_OPTS = \
-	--prefix=$(HOST_DIR)/usr
+	--prefix=$(HOST_DIR)
 
 # Target setuptools-based packages
 PKG_PYTHON_SETUPTOOLS_ENV = \
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ HOST_PKG_PYTHON_SETUPTOOLS_ENV = \
 	PYTHONNOUSERSITE=1
 
 HOST_PKG_PYTHON_SETUPTOOLS_INSTALL_OPTS = \
-	--prefix=$(HOST_DIR)/usr
+	--prefix=$(HOST_DIR)
 
 ################################################################################
 # inner-python-package -- defines how the configuration, compilation