diff --git a/package/gnome24/gconf/gconf-pkg.conf b/package/gnome24/gconf/gconf-pkg.conf
index 145d02c19..241f9c31f 100644
--- a/package/gnome24/gconf/gconf-pkg.conf
+++ b/package/gnome24/gconf/gconf-pkg.conf
@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@
 if [ $pkg != "gconf" ] ; then
 	# exclude some gconf files - so we do not need to patch every
 	# single package ...
-	flistdel="$flistdel|etc/$prefix/gconf/%gconf.xml"
+	var_append flistdel '|' "${sysconfdir#/}/gconf/%gconf.xml"
 fi
 
 # exclude some gconf files - so we do not need to patch every
 # single package ...
-flistdel="$flistdel|etc/$prefix/gconf/gconf.xml.*"
+var_append flistdel '|' "${sysconfdir#/}/gconf/gconf.xml.*"