diff --git a/testing/guake/APKBUILD b/testing/guake/APKBUILD
index 4a270c2fc62..96b53d18a71 100644
--- a/testing/guake/APKBUILD
+++ b/testing/guake/APKBUILD
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ license="GPL-2.0-only"
 depends="py3-pbr"
 makedepends="python3-dev py3-setuptools py3-setuptools_scm"
 source="https://pypi.io/packages/source/g/guake/guake-$pkgver.tar.gz"
-builddir="$srcdir/$pkgname-$pkgver"
 
 # secfixes:
 #   3.8.5-r0: