diff --git a/srcpkgs/whois/template b/srcpkgs/whois/template
index ecc647d8196..bb3cce60eb1 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/whois/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/whois/template
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ version=5.5.13
 revision=1
 wrksrc=whois
 build_style=gnu-makefile
-make_build_args="prefix=/usr HAVE_ICONV=1 CONFIG_FILE=/etc/whois.conf"
-make_install_args="prefix=/usr BASEDIR=\${DESTDIR}"
+make_build_args="HAVE_ICONV=1 CONFIG_FILE=/etc/whois.conf"
+make_install_args="BASEDIR=\${DESTDIR}"
 make_install_target="install-whois"
 hostmakedepends="perl pkg-config gettext"
 makedepends="libidn2-devel"