diff --git a/media-libs/vigra/vigra-1.10.0.ebuild b/media-libs/vigra/vigra-1.10.0.ebuild
index 1f84ed48fd241..1710741e34184 100644
--- a/media-libs/vigra/vigra-1.10.0.ebuild
+++ b/media-libs/vigra/vigra-1.10.0.ebuild
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ src_configure() {
 		python_foreach_impl vigra_configure
 	else
 		# required for docdir
-		_check_build_dir init
+		_cmake_check_build_dir init
 		vigra_configure
 	fi
 }
diff --git a/media-libs/vigra/vigra-1.9.0.ebuild b/media-libs/vigra/vigra-1.9.0.ebuild
index dda3d6a76536a..1ff5bca71fe59 100644
--- a/media-libs/vigra/vigra-1.9.0.ebuild
+++ b/media-libs/vigra/vigra-1.9.0.ebuild
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ src_configure() {
 	local libdir=$(get_libdir)
 
 	# required for ddocdir
-	_check_build_dir init
+	_cmake_check_build_dir init
 	local mycmakeargs=(
 		-DDOCDIR="${CMAKE_BUILD_DIR}"/doc
 		-DLIBDIR_SUFFIX=${libdir/lib}