diff --git a/dev-util/source-highlight/source-highlight-3.1.8-r1.ebuild b/dev-util/source-highlight/source-highlight-3.1.8-r1.ebuild
index a617779a282eb..6ffeb75981a74 100644
--- a/dev-util/source-highlight/source-highlight-3.1.8-r1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-util/source-highlight/source-highlight-3.1.8-r1.ebuild
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ src_install () {
 	default
 
 	# That's not how we want it
-	rm -rf "${ED%/}"/usr/share/{aclocal,doc} || die
+	rm -rf "${ED}"/usr/share/{aclocal,doc} || die
 
 	# package provides .pc file
 	find "${D}" -name '*.la' -delete || die
diff --git a/dev-util/source-highlight/source-highlight-3.1.9.ebuild b/dev-util/source-highlight/source-highlight-3.1.9.ebuild
index 1b8ae59a6d793..fdc35c641fabc 100644
--- a/dev-util/source-highlight/source-highlight-3.1.9.ebuild
+++ b/dev-util/source-highlight/source-highlight-3.1.9.ebuild
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ src_install () {
 	default
 
 	# That's not how we want it
-	rm -rf "${ED%/}"/usr/share/{aclocal,doc} || die
+	rm -rf "${ED}"/usr/share/{aclocal,doc} || die
 
 	# package provides .pc file
 	find "${D}" -name '*.la' -delete || die