diff --git a/dev-lang/erlang/erlang-16.03.recipe b/dev-lang/erlang/erlang-16.03.recipe
index 89a10d399..9678bc53e 100644
--- a/dev-lang/erlang/erlang-16.03.recipe
+++ b/dev-lang/erlang/erlang-16.03.recipe
@@ -54,8 +54,7 @@ BUILD()
 	rm -rf `finddir B_SYSTEM_SETTINGS_DIRECTORY`/network
 	mkdir -p `finddir B_SYSTEM_SETTINGS_DIRECTORY`/network
 	touch `finddir B_SYSTEM_SETTINGS_DIRECTORY`/network/hostname
-
-	./configure --prefix="$binDir/.." --disable-ipv6 --disable-hipe LDFLAGS="-lnetwork"
+	runConfigure --omit-dirs "docDir dataRootDir" configure --prefix="$prefix" --disable-ipv6 --disable-hipe LDFLAGS="-lnetwork"
 	echo "#undef ERTS_SMP" >> erts/i586-pc-haiku/config.h
 	echo "#undef USE_THREADS" >> erts/i586-pc-haiku/config.h
 	echo "Skip" > lib/megaco/SKIP