diff --git a/avahi-glib2.spec b/avahi-glib2.spec
index 354d058..f8d4c8a 100644
--- a/avahi-glib2.spec
+++ b/avahi-glib2.spec
@@ -540,7 +540,6 @@ intltoolize -f
 %{python_expand # configure for every python flavor
 export PYTHON=%{_bindir}/$python
 %configure\
-	--libexecdir=%{_prefix}/lib\
 	--disable-static\
         --with-distro=suse\
 %if %{build_core}
diff --git a/avahi-mono.spec b/avahi-mono.spec
index c733ea1..66ecd71 100644
--- a/avahi-mono.spec
+++ b/avahi-mono.spec
@@ -540,7 +540,6 @@ intltoolize -f
 %{python_expand # configure for every python flavor
 export PYTHON=%{_bindir}/$python
 %configure\
-	--libexecdir=%{_prefix}/lib\
 	--disable-static\
         --with-distro=suse\
 %if %{build_core}
diff --git a/avahi-qt5.spec b/avahi-qt5.spec
index dc65e91..1af6afa 100644
--- a/avahi-qt5.spec
+++ b/avahi-qt5.spec
@@ -540,7 +540,6 @@ intltoolize -f
 %{python_expand # configure for every python flavor
 export PYTHON=%{_bindir}/$python
 %configure\
-	--libexecdir=%{_prefix}/lib\
 	--disable-static\
         --with-distro=suse\
 %if %{build_core}
diff --git a/avahi.changes b/avahi.changes
index 5582482..084cc02 100644
--- a/avahi.changes
+++ b/avahi.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Feb 10 20:09:43 UTC 2021 - Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>
+
+- Drop configure --libexecdir variable as it does not appear
+  to be used by the source archive.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun Jan 31 23:54:15 UTC 2021 - Ben Greiner <code@bnavigator.de>
 
diff --git a/avahi.spec b/avahi.spec
index d06031c..c8cc81a 100644
--- a/avahi.spec
+++ b/avahi.spec
@@ -535,7 +535,6 @@ intltoolize -f
 %{python_expand # configure for every python flavor
 export PYTHON=%{_bindir}/$python
 %configure\
-	--libexecdir=%{_prefix}/lib\
 	--disable-static\
         --with-distro=suse\
 %if %{build_core}