diff --git a/package/dmraid/dmraid.mk b/package/dmraid/dmraid.mk
index a6ed57f364..fbb23871fc 100644
--- a/package/dmraid/dmraid.mk
+++ b/package/dmraid/dmraid.mk
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ DMRAID_SUBDIR = $(DMRAID_VERSION)/dmraid
 # lib and tools race with parallel make
 DMRAID_MAKE = $(MAKE1)
 DMRAID_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
-DMRAID_INSTALL_TARGET_OPTS = DESTDIR=$(TARGET_DIR) install
 DMRAID_LICENSE = GPLv2
 DMRAID_LICENSE_FILES = $(DMRAID_SUBDIR)/LICENSE_GPL $(DMRAID_SUBDIR)/LICENSE