diff --git a/package/boot/uboot-kirkwood/Makefile b/package/boot/uboot-kirkwood/Makefile
index 5824a4f71..dc6645048 100644
--- a/package/boot/uboot-kirkwood/Makefile
+++ b/package/boot/uboot-kirkwood/Makefile
@@ -6,13 +6,12 @@
 #
 
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
-include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/kernel.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=u-boot
 PKG_VERSION:=2012.10
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
-PKG_BUILD_DIR:=$(KERNEL_BUILD_DIR)/$(PKG_NAME)-$(BUILD_VARIANT)/$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)
+PKG_BUILD_DIR:=$(BUILD_DIR)/$(PKG_NAME)-$(BUILD_VARIANT)/$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.bz2
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=ftp://ftp.denx.de/pub/u-boot
 PKG_MD5SUM:=8655f63b1e5c4647295ac9ce44660be3