diff -up ./Makefile.orig ./Makefile
--- ./Makefile.orig	2016-02-10 19:05:25.373126431 +0200
+++ ./Makefile	2016-02-10 19:05:56.124951949 +0200
@@ -151,10 +151,10 @@ latex2rtf: $(OBJS) $(HDRS)
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $(OBJS)	$(LIBS) -o $(BINARY_NAME)
 
 cfg.o: Makefile cfg.c
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -DCFGDIR=\"$(DESTDIR)$(CFGDIR)\" -c cfg.c -o cfg.o
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -DCFGDIR=\"$(CFGDIR)\" -c cfg.c -o cfg.o
 
 main.o: Makefile main.c
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -DCFGDIR=\"$(DESTDIR)$(CFGDIR)\" -c main.c -o main.o
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -DCFGDIR=\"$(CFGDIR)\" -c main.c -o main.o
 
 check test: latex2rtf
 	cd test && $(MAKE) clean
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ install: latex2rtf doc/latex2rtf.1 $(CFG
 	@echo "*** \"make install-info\" will install TeXInfo files "
 	@echo "***"
 	@echo "*** latex2rtf was compiled to search for its configuration files in"
-	@echo "***           \"$(DESTDIR)$(CFGDIR)\" "
+	@echo "***           \"$(CFGDIR)\" "
 	@echo "***"
 	@echo "*** If the configuration files are moved then either"
 	@echo "***   1) set the environment variable RTFPATH to this new location, or"