diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 6d452f7..014852c 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 * 0.5.14	00.00.200x	Johannes Winkelmann
 - Remove handling of external dependency list
 - make InstallTransaction::getPkgDest use pkgmk.conf from install-root
+- revert getPkgDest to ignore install-root
+- determine PKGMK_PACKAGE_DIR using fgrep without sourcing pkgmk.conf
 
 * 0.5.13	08.09.2006	Johannes Winkelmann
 - Show undecided versions in diff and sysup when using "prefer higher"
diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
index 81a5238..56af941 100644
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 - handle 27e < 28 in version comperator
 - add --rebuild-set to dependent
-- use `eval $(fgrep -h 'PKGMK_PACKAGE_DIR=' $(which pkgmk) /etc/pkgmk.conf) && echo
-$PKGMK_PACKAGE_DIR` to determine PACKAGE_DIR
 - allow dependency injection for sysup, with previews
 - prefer toolchain (patch in trac)
 - logging: check for non-root owned symlinks
diff --git a/src/installtransaction.cpp b/src/installtransaction.cpp
index 9339e30..a561c9e 100644
--- a/src/installtransaction.cpp
+++ b/src/installtransaction.cpp
@@ -582,11 +582,16 @@ InstallTransaction::calcDependencies( )
     return SUCCESS;
 }
 
+
+/*
+ * getPkgDest assumes that you're in the build directory already
+ */
 string InstallTransaction::getPkgDest(const string& installRoot)
 {
     string pkgdest = "";
-    string cmd = ". %s/etc/pkgmk.conf && echo $PKGMK_PACKAGE_DIR";
-    StringHelper::replaceAll(cmd, "%s", installRoot); 
+    string cmd = "eval $(fgrep -h 'PKGMK_PACKAGE_DIR=' "
+        "/usr/bin/pkgmk /etc/pkgmk.conf) "
+        "&& echo $PKGMK_PACKAGE_DIR";
     FILE* p = popen(cmd.c_str(), "r");
     if ( p ) {
         char line[256];