diff --git a/ci/libbuild.sh b/ci/libbuild.sh
index 2b600dc7..d1648abb 100644
--- a/ci/libbuild.sh
+++ b/ci/libbuild.sh
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ make() {
 
 build() {
     env NOCONFIGURE=1 ./autogen.sh
-    ./configure --prefix=/usr --libdir=/usr/lib64 "$@"
+    ./configure --prefix=/usr --libdir=/usr/lib64 --sysconfdir=/etc "$@"
     make V=1
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/vmcheck/overlay.sh b/tests/vmcheck/overlay.sh
index 43e70dd9..f6904100 100755
--- a/tests/vmcheck/overlay.sh
+++ b/tests/vmcheck/overlay.sh
@@ -52,9 +52,7 @@ rm vmcheck/etc -rf
 # Now, overlay our built binaries & config files
 INSTTREE=/var/roothome/sync/insttree
 rsync -rlv $INSTTREE/usr/ vmcheck/usr/
-if [ -d $INSTTREE/etc ]; then # on CentOS, the dbus service file is in /usr
-  rsync -rlv $INSTTREE/etc/ vmcheck/usr/etc/
-fi
+rsync -rlv $INSTTREE/etc/ vmcheck/usr/etc/
 
 # ✀✀✀ BEGIN hack to get --keep-metadata
 if ! ostree commit --help | grep -q -e --keep-metadata; then