diff --git a/srcpkgs/kore/template b/srcpkgs/kore/template
index cb2063a8adf..f90a4d9183a 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/kore/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/kore/template
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ revision=1
 archs="x86_64* aarch64* ppc64*"
 build_style=gnu-makefile
 make_use_env=yes
-make_build_args="PREFIX=/usr CURL=1 TASKS=1 PGSQL=1 JSONRPC=1 ACME=1"
+make_build_args="CURL=1 TASKS=1 PGSQL=1 JSONRPC=1 ACME=1"
 hostmakedepends="postgresql-libs-devel"
 makedepends="openssl-devel libcurl-devel postgresql-libs-devel yajl-devel"
 short_desc="Easy to use web platform for writing scalable web APIs in C"
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ fi
 
 if [ -z "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
 	makedepends+=" python3-devel"
-	make_build_args+="PYTHON=1"
+	make_build_args+=" PYTHON=1"
 fi
 
 post_install() {