diff --git a/net/batctl/Makefile b/net/batctl/Makefile
index 10ef3e1ada..4475ab865d 100644
--- a/net/batctl/Makefile
+++ b/net/batctl/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ PKG_RELEASE:=1
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://downloads.open-mesh.org/batman/releases/batman-adv-$(PKG_VERSION)
 PKG_HASH:=c1d580afb066d3165c239b67430b94c69932619c06a90b1295e828cb5081b122
-PKG_BUILD_DIR:=$(BUILD_DIR)/$(PKG_NAME)-$(BUILD_VARIANT)/$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)
 
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Simon Wunderlich <sw@simonwunderlich.de>
 PKG_LICENSE:=GPL-2.0-only ISC MIT