diff --git a/tools/lib/traceevent/Makefile b/tools/lib/traceevent/Makefile
index 0b0a90787db6..fd7510d99583 100644
--- a/tools/lib/traceevent/Makefile
+++ b/tools/lib/traceevent/Makefile
@@ -39,13 +39,8 @@ bindir_relative = bin
 bindir = $(prefix)/$(bindir_relative)
 man_dir = $(prefix)/share/man
 man_dir_SQ = '$(subst ','\'',$(man_dir))'
-html_install = $(prefix)/share/kernelshark/html
-html_install_SQ = '$(subst ','\'',$(html_install))'
-img_install = $(prefix)/share/kernelshark/html/images
-img_install_SQ = '$(subst ','\'',$(img_install))'
 
-export man_dir man_dir_SQ html_install html_install_SQ INSTALL
-export img_install img_install_SQ
+export man_dir man_dir_SQ INSTALL
 export DESTDIR DESTDIR_SQ
 
 # copy a bit from Linux kbuild
@@ -300,7 +295,7 @@ define do_install
 	$(INSTALL) $1 '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$2'
 endef
 
-install_lib: all_cmd install_plugins install_python
+install_lib: all_cmd
 	$(Q)$(call do_install,$(LIB_FILE),$(bindir_SQ))
 
 install: install_lib