diff --git a/PKGBUILD b/PKGBUILD
index d18b9f3..d5e1ea7 100644
--- a/PKGBUILD
+++ b/PKGBUILD
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ _package() {
   msg2 "Installing modules..."
   local modulesdir="$pkgdir/usr/lib/modules/$kernver"
   mkdir -p "$modulesdir"
-  make INSTALL_MOD_PATH="$pkgdir/usr" DEPMOD=/doesnt/exist modules_install
+  make INSTALL_MOD_PATH="$pkgdir/usr" modules_install
 
   # a place for external modules,
   # with version file for building modules and running depmod from hook
@@ -94,11 +94,7 @@ _package() {
   # remove build and source links
   rm "$modulesdir"/{source,build}
 
-  msg2 "Running depmod..."
-  depmod -b "$pkgdir/usr" -E Module.symvers -e "$kernver"
-
   msg2 "Installing hooks..."
-
   # sed expression for following substitutions
   local subst="
     s|%PKGBASE%|$pkgbase|g