diff --git a/dev-libs/botan/botan-1.10.17-r1.ebuild b/dev-libs/botan/botan-1.10.17-r1.ebuild
index 219bd8f7d65fe..755972c0fc648 100644
--- a/dev-libs/botan/botan-1.10.17-r1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-libs/botan/botan-1.10.17-r1.ebuild
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ src_install() {
 			rm -fr build/python
 			ln -s "${BUILD_DIR}" build/python
 			emake -f Makefile.python \
-				PYTHON_SITE_PACKAGE_DIR="${ED}/$(python_get_sitedir)" \
+				PYTHON_SITE_PACKAGE_DIR="${ED}$(python_get_sitedir)" \
 				install
 		}
 		python_foreach_impl installation