diff --git a/capture/GNUmakefile.in b/capture/GNUmakefile.in
index ae882200b9ab420c4bbc4670b5747e1533de8385..65a78cc4e76a8cad7551bf60fb1bff843da79707 100644
--- a/capture/GNUmakefile.in
+++ b/capture/GNUmakefile.in
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ include $(TESTBED_SRCDIR)/GNUmakerules
 
 DBFLAGS	+= -I/usr/local/include
 
-DESTDIR=
-
 #
 # Define LOG_DROPS to record warnings in syslog whenever chars were dropped
 # due to the output device/pty being full.