diff --git a/src/librc/librc.c b/src/librc/librc.c
index b54496410..e17e7e345 100644
--- a/src/librc/librc.c
+++ b/src/librc/librc.c
@@ -233,23 +233,6 @@ get_systype(void)
 	return systype;
 }
 
-static const char *
-detect_prefix(const char *systype)
-{
-#ifdef PREFIX
-	return RC_SYS_PREFIX;
-#else
-	if (systype) {
-		if (strcmp(systype, RC_SYS_NONE) == 0)
-			return NULL;
-		if (strcmp(systype, RC_SYS_PREFIX) == 0)
-			return RC_SYS_PREFIX;
-	}
-
-	return NULL;
-#endif
-}
-
 static const char *
 detect_container(const char *systype RC_UNUSED)
 {
@@ -367,12 +350,9 @@ rc_sys(void)
 	const char *sys;
 
 	systype = get_systype();
-	sys = detect_prefix(systype);
+	sys = detect_container(systype);
 	if (!sys) {
-		sys = detect_container(systype);
-		if (!sys) {
-			sys = detect_vm(systype);
-		}
+		sys = detect_vm(systype);
 	}
 
 	return sys;
diff --git a/src/librc/rc.h.in b/src/librc/rc.h.in
index d90943b65..425cbd217 100644
--- a/src/librc/rc.h.in
+++ b/src/librc/rc.h.in
@@ -22,13 +22,10 @@
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
-#define RC_PREFIX "@PREFIX@"
 #define RC_SYSCONFDIR		"@SYSCONFDIR@"
-#define RC_LIBDIR               "@PREFIX@/@LIB@/rc"
+#define RC_LIBDIR               "/@LIB@/rc"
 #define RC_LIBEXECDIR           "@LIBEXECDIR@"
-#if defined(PREFIX)
-#define RC_SVCDIR               RC_LIBEXECDIR "/init.d"
-#elif defined(__linux__) || (defined(__FreeBSD_kernel__) && \
+#if defined(__linux__) || (defined(__FreeBSD_kernel__) && \
 		defined(__GLIBC__)) || defined(__GNU__)
 #define RC_SVCDIR               "/run/openrc"
 #else
@@ -324,7 +321,6 @@ bool rc_service_daemons_crashed(const char *);
 #define RC_SYS_NONE    ""
 #define RC_SYS_OPENVZ  "OPENVZ"
 #define RC_SYS_LXC     "LXC"
-#define RC_SYS_PREFIX  "PREFIX"
 #define RC_SYS_RKT  "RKT"
 #define RC_SYS_SYSTEMD_NSPAWN "SYSTEMD-NSPAWN"
 #define RC_SYS_UML     "UML"