diff --git a/dev-libs/libxml2/libxml2-2.7.8.bep b/dev-libs/libxml2/libxml2-2.7.8.bep
index 858de7bcc..8586fd6dd 100644
--- a/dev-libs/libxml2/libxml2-2.7.8.bep
+++ b/dev-libs/libxml2/libxml2-2.7.8.bep
@@ -11,10 +11,11 @@ BUILD {
 	aclocal
 	autoconf
 	automake
+	COMMON_DOCS=`finddir B_COMMON_DOCUMENTATION_DIRECTORY`
 	./configure --prefix=`finddir B_COMMON_DIRECTORY` \
-		--datarootdir=`finddir B_COMMON_DATA_DIRECTORY` \
-		--docdir=`finddir B_COMMON_DOCUMENTATION_DIRECTORY`/doc \
-		--mandir=`finddir B_COMMON_DOCUMENTATION_DIRECTORY`/man \
+		--datarootdir=$COMMON_DOCS \
+		--docdir=$COMMON_DOCS/doc \
+		--mandir=$COMMON_DOCS/man \
 		--enable-ipv6=no \
 		LDFLAGS="-lnetwork"
 	make