diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/cwautomacros/cwautomacros_20110201.bb b/meta/recipes-extended/cwautomacros/cwautomacros_20110201.bb
index 43ea3ce382..65a99fc28d 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/cwautomacros/cwautomacros_20110201.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/cwautomacros/cwautomacros_20110201.bb
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ do_configure() {
 
 do_install() {
 	oe_runmake CWAUTOMACROSPREFIX=${D}${prefix} install
+
+	# cleanup buildpaths in autogen.sh
+	sed -i -e 's,${D},,g' ${D}${prefix}/share/cwautomacros/scripts/autogen.sh
 }
 
 BBCLASSEXTEND = "native"