--- a/man/Makefile
+++ b/man/Makefile
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 MAN_1_SRC := $(addsuffix .in,$(MAN_1))
 
 MAN_DIR_DEFAULT := /usr/share/man
-MAN_DIR_RPM     := $(shell rpm --eval %_mandir 2>/dev/null || echo $(MAN_DIR_DEFAULT))
+MAN_DIR_RPM     := /usr/share/man
 
 MAN_DIR := $(DESTDIR)/$(MAN_DIR_RPM)