diff --git a/pkg/shadow/build b/pkg/shadow/build
index 5fbeb33..a51c4fd 100755
--- a/pkg/shadow/build
+++ b/pkg/shadow/build
@@ -5,10 +5,6 @@ URL="https://github.com/shadow-maint/shadow/releases/download/${VERSION}"
 SHA256SUM="a3ad4630bdc41372f02a647278a8c3514844295d36eefe68ece6c3a641c1ae62"
 DEPENDS="toolchain"
 
-prepare() {
-	sed -i 's/groups$(EXEEXT) //' src/Makefile.in
-}
-
 build() {
 	run_configure "$1" --disable-man --without-libpam --without-selinux \
 		     --with-sha-crypt --with-group-name-max-length=32
diff --git a/pkg/tzdata/build b/pkg/tzdata/build
index 228862c..2adc6ff 100644
--- a/pkg/tzdata/build
+++ b/pkg/tzdata/build
@@ -6,12 +6,9 @@ SHA256SUM="bb2373338140c3de7251e548526f1f70cb742739a962aad3f10238343a2c674c"
 DEPENDS="toolchain"
 SUBPKG="tzdata tzdata-dev"
 
-prepare() {
-	sed -i 's/sbin/bin/g' Makefile
-}
-
 build() {
 	cp -r ${1}/* ${PKGBUILDDIR}
+	sed -i 's/sbin/bin/g' Makefile
 	make -j $NUMJOBS
 }