diff --git a/security/libpreludedb/libpreludedb.conf b/security/libpreludedb/libpreludedb.conf
index dbf526f55..49f5528e4 100644
--- a/security/libpreludedb/libpreludedb.conf
+++ b/security/libpreludedb/libpreludedb.conf
@@ -13,15 +13,6 @@
 # GNU General Public License can be found in the file COPYING.
 # --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
 
-if [ $prefix_auto = 1 ] ; then
-        if [ "$SDECFG_PKG_PRELUDE_PREFIX" ] ; then
-          prefix="$SDECFG_PKG_PRELUDE_PREFIX"
-        else
-          prefix="opt/prelude"
-        fi
-        set_confopt
-fi
-
 # Perl bindings
 if pkginstalled perl; then
 	# always install into perl 'vendor' directory