diff --git a/package/sirkull/samba/samba.conf b/package/sirkull/samba/samba.conf
index fd757803c..59d341191 100644
--- a/package/sirkull/samba/samba.conf
+++ b/package/sirkull/samba/samba.conf
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ EOS
 
 srcdir="samba-$ver/source"
 hook_add postmake 3 "samba_pm"
-hook_add postmake 3 "echo \"pkg_samba_prefix=/$prefix\" \
+hook_add postmake 3 "echo \"pkg_samba_prefix=$prefix\" \
         > $root/var/adm/parse-config/samba"
 
 # these html files shouldn't go to :dev