diff --git a/src/daemon/meson.build b/src/daemon/meson.build
index d2b24e058..c43402ce4 100644
--- a/src/daemon/meson.build
+++ b/src/daemon/meson.build
@@ -89,7 +89,6 @@ configure_file(input : 'pipewire.conf.in',
 pipewire_exec = executable('pipewire',
   pipewire_daemon_sources,
   install: true,
-  install_dir: pipewire_bindir,
   c_args : pipewire_c_args,
   include_directories : [ configinc ],
   dependencies : [ spa_dep, pipewire_dep, ],