diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 06c90cfc..2e98016e 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ do_subst		= ( @SED@ \
 			-e 's,[@]docdir[@],$(docdir),g' \
 			-e 's,[@]pkgdatadir[@],$(pkgdatadir),g' \
 			-e 's,[@]pkglibexecdir[@],$(pkglibexecdir),g' \
-			-e 's,[@]enable_local[@],$(enable_local),g' \
 		| $(SHELL) config.status --file=- )
 
 ct-ng: ct-ng.in Makefile
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index c431f697..51e582e3 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ AC_ARG_ENABLE(
     [local],
     [AS_HELP_STRING(
         [--enable-local],
-        [do not install, and use current directory])])
+        [run ct-ng from the current directory; 'make install' unsupported])])
 AC_SUBST([enable_local], [${enable_local:-no}])
 
 # FIXME: I don't know why we have this. Will remove after the 1.24 release.
@@ -279,22 +279,6 @@ AS_IF(
     [test -f version.sh -a -x version.sh],
     [PACKAGE_VERSION=$(./version.sh "${PACKAGE_VERSION}")])
 
-# We are not installing dynamic libraries that need to be found by dynamic linker.
-# Install into a subdirectory.
-libdir=${libdir}/${PACKAGE_TARNAME}
-
-# Handle the local case
-AS_IF(
-    [test "x$enable_local" = "xyes"],
-    [AC_MSG_NOTICE([overiding all of --prefix and the likes, because --enable-local was set])
-     prefix=$(pwd)
-     exec_prefix="$prefix"
-     bindir="$prefix"
-     docdir="$prefix""/docs"
-     pkgdatadir="$prefix"
-     pkglibexecdir="$prefix/kconfig"
-     mandir="$docdir"])
-
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([
     Makefile
     paths.sh
diff --git a/ct-ng.in b/ct-ng.in
index 03925f97..926ba710 100644
--- a/ct-ng.in
+++ b/ct-ng.in
@@ -14,18 +14,19 @@ export CT_NG:=$(abspath $(lastword $(MAKEFILE_LIST)))
 # and this is where we're working in:
 export CT_TOP_DIR:=$(shell pwd)
 
-# Paths and values set by ./configure
-# Don't bother to change it other than with a new ./configure!
 ifeq (@enable_local@,yes)
 # automake does not allow to set pkgxxxdir, they are always derived from
 # a respective xxxdir. So, for enable-local case, set them directly here.
 export CT_LIB_DIR:=$(CT_TOP_DIR)
 export CT_LIBEXEC_DIR:=$(CT_TOP_DIR)/kconfig
+export CT_DOC_DIR:=$(CT_TOP_DIR)/docs
 else
+# Paths and values set by ./configure
+# Don't bother to change it other than with a new ./configure!
 export CT_LIB_DIR:=@pkgdatadir@
 export CT_LIBEXEC_DIR:=@pkglibexecdir@
-endif
 export CT_DOC_DIR:=@docdir@
+endif
 
 # This is crosstool-NG version string
 export CT_VERSION:=@PACKAGE_VERSION@