diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 331dce4..51206a2 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 .PHONY: all release dev manpages install deb-pkg clean uninstall run run-dialog
 
-DESTDIR ?= =
+DESTDIR ?=
 PREFIX ?= /usr/local
 BINDIR ?= $(PREFIX)/bin
 LIBEXECDIR ?= $(PREFIX)/libexec