--- Makefile.orig	2014-09-14 14:48:07 UTC
+++ Makefile
@@ -10,17 +10,7 @@
 BINDIR ?= $(PREFIX)/bin
 MANDIR ?= $(PREFIX)/man
 PYTHON ?= /usr/bin/env python
-
-# set SYSCONFDIR to /etc if PREFIX=/usr or PREFIX=/usr/local
-ifeq ($(PREFIX),/usr)
-	SYSCONFDIR=/etc
-else
-	ifeq ($(PREFIX),/usr/local)
-		SYSCONFDIR=/etc
-	else
-		SYSCONFDIR=$(PREFIX)/etc
-	endif
-endif
+SYSCONFDIR ?= /etc
 
 install: youtube-dl youtube-dl.1 youtube-dl.bash-completion
 	install -d $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)