diff --git a/srcpkgs/tuxpaint/template b/srcpkgs/tuxpaint/template
index b9d40394032..391c20a27de 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/tuxpaint/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/tuxpaint/template
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ version=0.9.28
 revision=1
 wrksrc="${pkgname}-${version}-sdl2"
 build_style=gnu-makefile
-make_build_args="PREFIX=/usr"
 conf_files="/etc/tuxpaint/tuxpaint.conf"
 hostmakedepends="gettext gperf pkg-config ImageMagick"
 makedepends="SDL2-devel SDL2_image-devel SDL2_mixer-devel SDL2_ttf-devel cairo-devel