diff --git a/config/Paths.mk.in b/config/Paths.mk.in
index 9fd87c5af3..50d40ccbf7 100644
--- a/config/Paths.mk.in
+++ b/config/Paths.mk.in
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ BASH_COMPLETION_DIR      := $(CONFIG_DIR)/bash_completion.d
 XEN_LOCK_DIR             := @XEN_LOCK_DIR@
 XEN_PAGING_DIR           := @XEN_PAGING_DIR@
 
-XENFIRMWAREDIR           := @XENFIRMWAREDIR@
+XENFIRMWAREDIR           := $(LIBEXEC)/boot
 
 XEN_CONFIG_DIR           := @XEN_CONFIG_DIR@
 XEN_SCRIPT_DIR           := @XEN_SCRIPT_DIR@
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 4b7aa570d2..de6703793d 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -600,7 +600,6 @@ XEN_SCRIPT_DIR
 XEN_CONFIG_DIR
 INITD_DIR
 CONFIG_DIR
-XENFIRMWAREDIR
 SHAREDIR
 XEN_LIB_STORED
 XEN_LOG_DIR
@@ -1943,9 +1942,6 @@ XEN_LIB_STORED=$localstatedir/lib/xenstored
 SHAREDIR=$prefix/share
 
 
-XENFIRMWAREDIR=$prefix/lib/xen/boot
-
-
 CONFIG_DIR=$sysconfdir
 
 
diff --git a/m4/paths.m4 b/m4/paths.m4
index dcb8f28c8e..46172cb57d 100644
--- a/m4/paths.m4
+++ b/m4/paths.m4
@@ -89,9 +89,6 @@ AC_SUBST(XEN_LIB_STORED)
 SHAREDIR=$prefix/share
 AC_SUBST(SHAREDIR)
 
-XENFIRMWAREDIR=$prefix/lib/xen/boot
-AC_SUBST(XENFIRMWAREDIR)
-
 CONFIG_DIR=$sysconfdir
 AC_SUBST(CONFIG_DIR)
 
diff --git a/tools/configure b/tools/configure
index e0aba849ba..a37ce424bd 100755
--- a/tools/configure
+++ b/tools/configure
@@ -715,7 +715,6 @@ XEN_SCRIPT_DIR
 XEN_CONFIG_DIR
 INITD_DIR
 CONFIG_DIR
-XENFIRMWAREDIR
 SHAREDIR
 XEN_LIB_STORED
 XEN_LOG_DIR
@@ -3787,9 +3786,6 @@ XEN_LIB_STORED=$localstatedir/lib/xenstored
 SHAREDIR=$prefix/share
 
 
-XENFIRMWAREDIR=$prefix/lib/xen/boot
-
-
 CONFIG_DIR=$sysconfdir