diff --git a/pvattest/Makefile b/pvattest/Makefile
index beb58339..f593999b 100644
--- a/pvattest/Makefile
+++ b/pvattest/Makefile
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ include ../common.mak
 
 .DEFAULT_GOAL := all
 
-PKGDATADIR := "$(DESTDIR)$(TOOLS_DATADIR)/pvattest"
 SUBDIRS := src man tools
 RECURSIVE_TARGETS := all-recursive clean-recursive install-recursive
 
diff --git a/pvattest/src/Makefile b/pvattest/src/Makefile
index f4a7a583..d8b3329f 100644
--- a/pvattest/src/Makefile
+++ b/pvattest/src/Makefile
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
 include ../../common.mak
 
 BIN_PROGRAM = pvattest
-PKGDATADIR ?= "$(DESTDIR)$(TOOLS_DATADIR)/$(BIN_PROGRAM)"
-
 SRC_DIR := $(dir $(realpath $(firstword $(MAKEFILE_LIST))))
-PVATTESTDIR := $(rootdir)/pvattest
 INCLUDE_PATHS = "$(SRC_DIR)" "$(rootdir)/include"
 INCLUDE_PARMS = $(addprefix -I,$(INCLUDE_PATHS))
 
@@ -35,8 +32,7 @@ LIBCRYPTO_LIBS := $(shell $(PKG_CONFIG) --silence-errors --libs libcrypto)
 LIBCURL_CFLAGS := $(shell $(PKG_CONFIG) --silence-errors --cflags libcurl)
 LIBCURL_LIBS := $(shell $(PKG_CONFIG) --silence-errors --libs libcurl)
 
-ALL_CFLAGS += -DPKGDATADIR=$(PKGDATADIR) \
-	      -DOPENSSL_API_COMPAT=0x10101000L \
+ALL_CFLAGS += -DOPENSSL_API_COMPAT=0x10101000L \
 	      $(GLIB2_CFLAGS) \
 	      $(LIBCRYPTO_CFLAGS) \
 	      $(LIBCURL_CFLAGS) \