# erlang uses openssl for all things crypto. Since the host tools (such as
 # rebar) uses crypto, we need to build host-erlang with support for openssl.
 HOST_ERLANG_DEPENDENCIES = host-openssl
-HOST_ERLANG_CONF_OPTS = --without-javac --with-ssl=$(HOST_DIR)/usr
+HOST_ERLANG_CONF_OPTS = --without-javac --with-ssl=$(HOST_DIR)
 
 HOST_ERLANG_CONF_OPTS += --without-termcap
 
 
        --with-gnu-ld \
        --disable-libssp \
        --disable-multilib \
-       --with-gmp=$(HOST_DIR)/usr \
-       --with-mpc=$(HOST_DIR)/usr \
-       --with-mpfr=$(HOST_DIR)/usr \
+       --with-gmp=$(HOST_DIR) \
+       --with-mpc=$(HOST_DIR) \
+       --with-mpfr=$(HOST_DIR) \
        --with-pkgversion="Buildroot $(BR2_VERSION_FULL)" \
        --with-bugurl="http://bugs.buildroot.net/"
 
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_GCC_ENABLE_GRAPHITE),y)
 HOST_GCC_COMMON_DEPENDENCIES += host-isl
-HOST_GCC_COMMON_CONF_OPTS += --with-isl=$(HOST_DIR)/usr
+HOST_GCC_COMMON_CONF_OPTS += --with-isl=$(HOST_DIR)
 # gcc 5 doesn't need cloog any more, see
 # https://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-5/changes.html
 ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_5),)
 HOST_GCC_COMMON_DEPENDENCIES += host-cloog
-HOST_GCC_COMMON_CONF_OPTS += --with-cloog=$(HOST_DIR)/usr
+HOST_GCC_COMMON_CONF_OPTS += --with-cloog=$(HOST_DIR)
 endif
 else
 HOST_GCC_COMMON_CONF_OPTS += --without-isl --without-cloog
 
 
 HOST_LIBSEPOL_MAKE_ENV = \
        $(HOST_MAKE_ENV) \
-       DESTDIR=$(HOST_DIR)/usr \
+       DESTDIR=$(HOST_DIR) \
        PREFIX=$(HOST_DIR)
 
 define HOST_LIBSEPOL_BUILD_CMDS
 
 endef
 
 define HOST_LUA_INSTALL_CMDS
-       $(HOST_MAKE_ENV) $(MAKE) INSTALL_TOP="$(HOST_DIR)/usr" -C $(@D) install
+       $(HOST_MAKE_ENV) $(MAKE) INSTALL_TOP="$(HOST_DIR)" -C $(@D) install
        $(INSTALL) -m 0644 -D $(@D)/etc/lua.pc \
                $(HOST_DIR)/lib/pkgconfig/lua.pc
 endef
 
 
 HOST_LUAROCKS_DEPENDENCIES = host-luainterpreter
 
-LUAROCKS_CONFIG_DIR = $(HOST_DIR)/usr/etc/luarocks
+LUAROCKS_CONFIG_DIR = $(HOST_DIR)/etc/luarocks
 LUAROCKS_CONFIG_FILE = $(LUAROCKS_CONFIG_DIR)/config-$(LUAINTERPRETER_ABIVER).lua
 LUAROCKS_CFLAGS = $(TARGET_CFLAGS) -fPIC
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LUA_5_3),y)
 HOST_LUAROCKS_CONF_OPTS = \
        --prefix=$(HOST_DIR) \
        --sysconfdir=$(LUAROCKS_CONFIG_DIR) \
-       --with-lua=$(HOST_DIR)/usr
+       --with-lua=$(HOST_DIR)
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LUAJIT),y)
 HOST_LUAROCKS_CONF_OPTS += --lua-suffix=jit
 
        BUILDROOT=$(TOP_DIR) \
        SDKSTAGE=$(STAGING_DIR) \
        TARGETFS=$(TARGET_DIR) \
-       TOOLCHAIN=$(HOST_DIR)/usr \
+       TOOLCHAIN=$(HOST_DIR) \
        HOST=$(GNU_TARGET_NAME) \
        SYSROOT=$(STAGING_DIR) \
        JOBS=$(PARALLEL_JOBS) \
 
        --with-rpath=$(HOST_DIR)/lib \
        --bits=$(if $(filter %64,$(HOSTARCH)),64,32) \
        --libdir=$(HOST_DIR)/lib \
-       --with-sqlite=$(HOST_DIR)/usr
+       --with-sqlite=$(HOST_DIR)
 
 $(eval $(host-autotools-package))
 
 define QT_INSTALL_QT_CONF
        mkdir -p $(dir $(QT_CONF_FILE))
        echo "[Paths]"                             > $(QT_CONF_FILE)
-       echo "Prefix=$(HOST_DIR)/usr"             >> $(QT_CONF_FILE)
+       echo "Prefix=$(HOST_DIR)"             >> $(QT_CONF_FILE)
        echo "Headers=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/include" >> $(QT_CONF_FILE)
        echo "Libraries=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib"   >> $(QT_CONF_FILE)
-       echo "Data=$(HOST_DIR)/usr"               >> $(QT_CONF_FILE)
+       echo "Data=$(HOST_DIR)"               >> $(QT_CONF_FILE)
        echo "Binaries=$(HOST_DIR)/bin"       >> $(QT_CONF_FILE)
 endef
 
        $(TARGET_MAKE_ENV) $(MAKE) -C $(@D) install
        mkdir -p $(HOST_DIR)/bin
        mv $(addprefix $(STAGING_DIR)/usr/bin/,$(QT_HOST_PROGRAMS)) $(HOST_DIR)/bin
-       ln -sf $(STAGING_DIR)/usr/mkspecs $(HOST_DIR)/usr/mkspecs
+       ln -sf $(STAGING_DIR)/usr/mkspecs $(HOST_DIR)/mkspecs
        $(QT_INSTALL_QT_CONF)
        for i in moc uic rcc lupdate lrelease ; do \
                $(SED) "s,^$${i}_location=.*,$${i}_location=$(HOST_DIR)/bin/$${i}," \
 
                ./configure \
                -v \
                -prefix /usr \
-               -hostprefix $(HOST_DIR)/usr \
+               -hostprefix $(HOST_DIR) \
                -headerdir /usr/include/qt5 \
                -sysroot $(STAGING_DIR) \
                -plugindir /usr/lib/qt/plugins \
 
        --disable-swig-java \
        --disable-swig-python \
        --disable-swig-tcl \
-       --with-sepol-devel="$(HOST_DIR)/usr" \
-       --with-selinux-devel="$(HOST_DIR)/usr" \
+       --with-sepol-devel="$(HOST_DIR)" \
+       --with-selinux-devel="$(HOST_DIR)" \
        PYTHON_LDFLAGS="-L$(HOST_DIR)/lib/" \
        PYTHON_CPPFLAGS="-I$(HOST_SETOOLS_PYTHON_INCLUDES)" \
        PYTHON_SITE_PKG="$(HOST_SETOOLS_PYTHON_SITE_PACKAGES)" \
 
 # stating to "please choose a target for 'make'"... :-(
 define HOST_UPX_BUILD_CMDS
        $(HOST_MAKE_ENV) $(MAKE) CPPFLAGS="$(HOST_CPPFLAGS)" \
-               LDFLAGS="$(HOST_LDFLAGS)" UPX_UCLDIR=$(HOST_DIR)/usr \
+               LDFLAGS="$(HOST_LDFLAGS)" UPX_UCLDIR=$(HOST_DIR) \
                CXXFLAGS_WERROR= \
                -C $(@D) all
 endef
 
 endef
 
 define HOST_VBOOT_UTILS_INSTALL_CMDS
-       $(HOST_MAKE_ENV) $(MAKE) -C $(@D) DESTDIR=$(HOST_DIR)/usr \
+       $(HOST_MAKE_ENV) $(MAKE) -C $(@D) DESTDIR=$(HOST_DIR) \
                futil_install cgpt_install devkeys_install
 endef