diff --git a/network/pound/pound.conf b/network/pound/pound.conf
index 2ebb69453..7277e8bbe 100644
--- a/network/pound/pound.conf
+++ b/network/pound/pound.conf
@@ -14,8 +14,7 @@
 # --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
 
 if [ $prefix_auto = 1 ] ; then
-	prefix="opt/pound"
-	set_confopt
+	sysconfdir="$sysconfdir/$pkg"
 fi
 
 if [ $pkg = "pound" ] ; then