diff --git a/python/Makefile.am b/python/Makefile.am
index 0305bcccd8..02b59eb2d5 100644
--- a/python/Makefile.am
+++ b/python/Makefile.am
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ INCLUDES = \
 
 AM_CFLAGS = $(WARN_CFLAGS)
 
-DOCS_DIR = $(datadir)/doc/libvirt-python-$(LIBVIRT_VERSION)
+DOCS_DIR = $(datadir)/doc/libvirt-python-$(VERSION)
 
 DOCS = ${srcdir}/TODO
 
diff --git a/python/tests/Makefile.am b/python/tests/Makefile.am
index 2a5bc62fdd..c387825014 100644
--- a/python/tests/Makefile.am
+++ b/python/tests/Makefile.am
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ## Copyright (C) 2005-2011 Red Hat, Inc.
 ## See COPYING.LIB for the License of this software
 
-EXAMPLE_DIR = $(datadir)/doc/libvirt-python-$(LIBVIRT_VERSION)/examples
+EXAMPLE_DIR = $(datadir)/doc/libvirt-python-$(VERSION)/examples
 
 PYTESTS=		\
 	basic.py	\