diff --git a/pkgs/misc/emulators/vbam/default.nix b/pkgs/misc/emulators/vbam/default.nix
index 82193bc350b..8ef64a11a17 100644
--- a/pkgs/misc/emulators/vbam/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/misc/emulators/vbam/default.nix
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     "-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE='Release'"
     "-DENABLE_FFMPEG='true'"
     #"-DENABLE_LINK='true'" currently broken :/
-    "-DSYSCONFDIR='$out/etc'"
+    "-DSYSCONFDIR=etc"
   ];
 
   meta = {