diff --git a/pkg/linux-lts/build b/pkg/linux-lts/build
index 0ac368a..e06b43a 100755
--- a/pkg/linux-lts/build
+++ b/pkg/linux-lts/build
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ build() {
 	local INITRDLIST="$INITRDDIR/initrd.list"
 	local LINUX_CPU=$(get_linux_cpu)
 
-	pkg install -omLD -R "$REPODIR" -r "$INITRDDIR" initrd
-	pkg install -R "$REPODIR" -r "$INITRDDIR" -l initrd initrd > "$INITRDLIST"
+	pkg install -omLD -r "$INITRDDIR" initrd
+	pkg install -r "$INITRDDIR" -l initrd initrd > "$INITRDLIST"
 
 	export KBUILD_OUTPUT="$PKGBUILDDIR"
 
diff --git a/pkg/release-alix/build b/pkg/release-alix/build
index 8bfdc56..46d4ca9 100755
--- a/pkg/release-alix/build
+++ b/pkg/release-alix/build
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ DEPENDS="rootfs linux"
 SUBPKG="release"
 
 build() {
-	pkg install -om -r "$PKGBUILDDIR/$OS_RELEASE" -R "$REPODIR" linux
+	pkg install -om -r "$PKGBUILDDIR/$OS_RELEASE" linux
 
 	pkg dump -l pkg -r "$TCDIR/$TARGET" "$REPODIR/rootfs.pkg" \
 	    > "$PKGBUILDDIR/files.txt"
diff --git a/pkg/release-qemu/build b/pkg/release-qemu/build
index 38568ef..6e947eb 100755
--- a/pkg/release-qemu/build
+++ b/pkg/release-qemu/build
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ DEPENDS="rootfs linux"
 SUBPKG="release"
 
 build() {
-	pkg install -om -r "$PKGBUILDDIR/$OS_RELEASE" -R "$REPODIR" linux
+	pkg install -om -r "$PKGBUILDDIR/$OS_RELEASE" linux
 
 	pkg dump -l pkg -r "$TCDIR/$TARGET" "$REPODIR/rootfs.pkg" \
 	    > "$PKGBUILDDIR/files.txt"
diff --git a/pkg/release-rpi3/build b/pkg/release-rpi3/build
index ad66c91..d3c8277 100755
--- a/pkg/release-rpi3/build
+++ b/pkg/release-rpi3/build
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ DEPENDS="rootfs boot-rpi boot-rpi-dtbo boot-rpi-dtb linux"
 SUBPKG="release"
 
 build() {
-	pkg install -om -r "$PKGBUILDDIR/boot" -R "$REPODIR" \
+	pkg install -om -r "$PKGBUILDDIR/boot" \
 	    boot-rpi boot-rpi-dtbo boot-rpi-dtb linux
 
 	pkg dump -l pkg -r "$TCDIR/$TARGET" "$REPODIR/rootfs.pkg" \
diff --git a/pkg/rootfs/build b/pkg/rootfs/build
index 8618eeb..7ffefd5 100755
--- a/pkg/rootfs/build
+++ b/pkg/rootfs/build
@@ -5,9 +5,7 @@ build() {
 	local desc="$PKGDEPLOYDIR/$PKGNAME.desc"
 
 	# generate package description and file listing
-	pkg install -l pkg -R "$REPODIR" -r "$TCDIR/$TARGET" $DEPENDS |\
-		sort -u > "$listing"
-
+	pkg install -l pkg -r "$TCDIR/$TARGET" $DEPENDS | sort -u > "$listing"
 	touch "$desc"
 
 	# move configuration to preserve directory
diff --git a/pkg/tc-pkgtool/build b/pkg/tc-pkgtool/build
index 20f4521..5b8b425 100755
--- a/pkg/tc-pkgtool/build
+++ b/pkg/tc-pkgtool/build
@@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ prepare() {
 
 build() {
 	$1/configure --prefix="$TCDIR" --disable-static \
-		     --build="$HOSTTUPLE" --host="$HOSTTUPLE"
+		     --build="$HOSTTUPLE" --host="$HOSTTUPLE" \
+		     --with-repo-dir="$REPODIR" \
+		     --with-install-root="$TCDIR/$TARGET"
 
 	make -j $NUMJOBS
 }
diff --git a/util/build_package.sh b/util/build_package.sh
index e3da7a6..5b6f798 100644
--- a/util/build_package.sh
+++ b/util/build_package.sh
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ build_package() {
 	mkdir -p "$TCDIR/$TARGET" "$PKGBUILDDIR" "$PKGDEPLOYDIR"
 
 	if [ ! -z "$DEPENDS" ]; then
-		pkg install -omD -r "$TCDIR/$TARGET" -R "$REPODIR" $DEPENDS
+		pkg install -omD $DEPENDS
 	fi
 
 	run_pkg_command "build"
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ build_package() {
 	strip_files ${PKGDEPLOYDIR}/{bin,lib}
 
 	for f in $SUBPKG; do
-		pkg pack -r "$REPODIR" -d "$PKGDEPLOYDIR/${f}.desc" \
+		pkg pack -d "$PKGDEPLOYDIR/${f}.desc" \
 			 -l "$PKGDEPLOYDIR/${f}.files"
 	done