diff --git a/recipes/graphprot/build.sh b/recipes/graphprot/build.sh
index 790826fc85fa9..43da79ba0f791 100644
--- a/recipes/graphprot/build.sh
+++ b/recipes/graphprot/build.sh
@@ -4,11 +4,6 @@ export CFLAGS="-I$PREFIX/include"
 export LDFLAGS="-L$PREFIX/lib"
 export CPATH=${PREFIX}/include
 
-# set install paths
-BIN=${CONDA_PREFIX}/bin/
-LIBEXEC=${CONDA_PREFIX}/libexec/graphprot/
-SHARE=${CONDA_PREFIX}/share/graphprot/
-
 # compile EDeN
 pushd .
 cd EDeN
@@ -21,7 +16,7 @@ pytest
 
 # install
 mkdir -p $BIN $LIBEXEC $SHARE
-cp $SRC_DIR/GraphProt.pl $BIN
-cp $SRC_DIR/bin/* $LIBEXEC -r
-cp $SRC_DIR/EDeN/EDeN $LIBEXEC
-cp $SRC_DIR/data $SHARE -r
+cp $SRC_DIR/GraphProt.pl ${PREFIX}/bin/
+cp -r $SRC_DIR/bin/* ${PREFIX}/libexec/graphprot/
+cp $SRC_DIR/EDeN/EDeN ${PREFIX}/libexec/graphprot/
+cp -r $SRC_DIR/data ${PREFIX}/share/graphprot/