diff --git a/dev-db/mongodb/mongodb-4.4.1.ebuild b/dev-db/mongodb/mongodb-4.4.1.ebuild
index 4a2417af37cee..15407a2446fa0 100644
--- a/dev-db/mongodb/mongodb-4.4.1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-db/mongodb/mongodb-4.4.1.ebuild
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ src_configure() {
 }
 
 src_compile() {
-	PREFIX="${ED}"/usr escons "${scons_opts[@]}" --nostrip install-core
+	PREFIX="${EPREFIX}/usr" escons "${scons_opts[@]}" --nostrip install-core
 }
 
 # FEATURES="test -usersandbox" emerge dev-db/mongodb
diff --git a/dev-db/mongodb/mongodb-4.4.2.ebuild b/dev-db/mongodb/mongodb-4.4.2.ebuild
index cad4067353e4f..c3ffcfa93d4c4 100644
--- a/dev-db/mongodb/mongodb-4.4.2.ebuild
+++ b/dev-db/mongodb/mongodb-4.4.2.ebuild
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ src_configure() {
 }
 
 src_compile() {
-	PREFIX="${ED}"/usr escons "${scons_opts[@]}" --nostrip install-core
+	PREFIX="${EPREFIX}/usr" escons "${scons_opts[@]}" --nostrip install-core
 }
 
 # FEATURES="test -usersandbox" emerge dev-db/mongodb
diff --git a/dev-db/mongodb/mongodb-4.4.4.ebuild b/dev-db/mongodb/mongodb-4.4.4.ebuild
index cad4067353e4f..c3ffcfa93d4c4 100644
--- a/dev-db/mongodb/mongodb-4.4.4.ebuild
+++ b/dev-db/mongodb/mongodb-4.4.4.ebuild
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ src_configure() {
 }
 
 src_compile() {
-	PREFIX="${ED}"/usr escons "${scons_opts[@]}" --nostrip install-core
+	PREFIX="${EPREFIX}/usr" escons "${scons_opts[@]}" --nostrip install-core
 }
 
 # FEATURES="test -usersandbox" emerge dev-db/mongodb