diff --git a/srcpkgs/re2/template b/srcpkgs/re2/template
index 8eda8146873..ab02cbc4bbc 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/re2/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/re2/template
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ version=2020.06.01
 revision=1
 wrksrc="${pkgname}-${version//./-}"
 build_style=gnu-makefile
-make_install_args="prefix=/usr"
 short_desc="Efficient, principled regular expression library"
 maintainer="Steve Prybylski <sa.prybylx@gmail.com>"
 license="BSD-3-Clause"