diff --git a/lib/portsdb.rb b/lib/portsdb.rb
index eb8aaab..f1c8906 100644
--- a/lib/portsdb.rb
+++ b/lib/portsdb.rb
@@ -404,8 +404,7 @@ def update(fetch = false)
     end
 
     if fetch
-      index_dir, index_file = make_var(['INDEXDIR', 'INDEXFILE'])
-      system "cd #{abs_ports_dir} && make fetchindex && cp #{index_dir}/#{index_file} #{tmp}"
+      system "cd #{abs_ports_dir} && make fetchindex && cp #{index_file} #{tmp}"
     else
       system "cd #{abs_ports_dir} && make INDEXFILE=INDEX.tmp index && mv INDEX.tmp #{tmp}"
     end