diff --git a/extra/ntp/PKGBUILD b/extra/ntp/PKGBUILD
index 2b7dc1f86..6d2c38eb5 100644
--- a/extra/ntp/PKGBUILD
+++ b/extra/ntp/PKGBUILD
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ prepare() {
 	patch -p1 -i ../0001-disable-pthread-warmup-on-ARM.patch
 	patch -Np1 < ../ntp-4.2.8.p18-fix-build.patch
 	autoreconf -fiv
-	cd "${_pkgname}-${_pkgver}"
 }
 
 build() {