diff --git a/files/Makefile.in b/files/Makefile.in
index 2e76890abd5..92127b76b2f 100644
--- a/files/Makefile.in
+++ b/files/Makefile.in
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-prefix     = @prefix@
-sysconfdir = @sysconfdir@
-DEFS       = @DLLFLAGS@ -D__WINE__ -DETCDIR="\"$(sysconfdir)\""
+DEFS       = @DLLFLAGS@ -D__WINE__
 TOPSRCDIR  = @top_srcdir@
 TOPOBJDIR  = ..
 SRCDIR     = @srcdir@