diff --git a/debian/lenny/libraries/libtqt-perl/debian/rules b/debian/lenny/libraries/libtqt-perl/debian/rules
index 5efe954b5..0af0c47f4 100755
--- a/debian/lenny/libraries/libtqt-perl/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/lenny/libraries/libtqt-perl/debian/rules
@@ -28,9 +28,8 @@ DEB_CONFIGURE_EXTRA_FLAGS += \
 	--disable-rpath \
 
 DEB_MAKE_INSTALL_TARGET := install \
-	prefix=$(CURDIR)/debian/libtqt-perl/usr \
-	PREFIX=$(CURDIR)/debian/libtqt-perl/usr \
-	SITEPREFIX=$(CURDIR)/debian/libtqt-perl/usr \
+	prefix=/usr \
+	DESTDIR=$(CURDIR)/debian/libtqt-perl
 
 DEB_DH_BUILDDEB_ARGS += -- -Z$(shell dpkg-deb --help | grep -q ":.* xz[,.]" \
                                && echo xz || echo bzip2)
diff --git a/debian/squeeze/libraries/libtqt-perl/debian/rules b/debian/squeeze/libraries/libtqt-perl/debian/rules
index 5efe954b5..0af0c47f4 100755
--- a/debian/squeeze/libraries/libtqt-perl/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/squeeze/libraries/libtqt-perl/debian/rules
@@ -28,9 +28,8 @@ DEB_CONFIGURE_EXTRA_FLAGS += \
 	--disable-rpath \
 
 DEB_MAKE_INSTALL_TARGET := install \
-	prefix=$(CURDIR)/debian/libtqt-perl/usr \
-	PREFIX=$(CURDIR)/debian/libtqt-perl/usr \
-	SITEPREFIX=$(CURDIR)/debian/libtqt-perl/usr \
+	prefix=/usr \
+	DESTDIR=$(CURDIR)/debian/libtqt-perl
 
 DEB_DH_BUILDDEB_ARGS += -- -Z$(shell dpkg-deb --help | grep -q ":.* xz[,.]" \
                                && echo xz || echo bzip2)
diff --git a/ubuntu/maverick/libraries/libtqt-perl/debian/rules b/ubuntu/maverick/libraries/libtqt-perl/debian/rules
index 5efe954b5..0af0c47f4 100755
--- a/ubuntu/maverick/libraries/libtqt-perl/debian/rules
+++ b/ubuntu/maverick/libraries/libtqt-perl/debian/rules
@@ -28,9 +28,8 @@ DEB_CONFIGURE_EXTRA_FLAGS += \
 	--disable-rpath \
 
 DEB_MAKE_INSTALL_TARGET := install \
-	prefix=$(CURDIR)/debian/libtqt-perl/usr \
-	PREFIX=$(CURDIR)/debian/libtqt-perl/usr \
-	SITEPREFIX=$(CURDIR)/debian/libtqt-perl/usr \
+	prefix=/usr \
+	DESTDIR=$(CURDIR)/debian/libtqt-perl
 
 DEB_DH_BUILDDEB_ARGS += -- -Z$(shell dpkg-deb --help | grep -q ":.* xz[,.]" \
                                && echo xz || echo bzip2)