diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/pod-mode/package.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/pod-mode/package.nix
index 3a42b349c51c..a0ae4574e4d0 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/pod-mode/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/pod-mode/package.nix
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ melpaBuild {
 
   postInstall = ''
     mkdir -p ''${!outputDoc}/share/doc/pod-mode/
-    install -Dm644 -t ''${!outputDoc}/share/doc/pod-mode/ $sourceRoot/ChangeLog $sourceRoot/README
+    install -Dm644 -t ''${!outputDoc}/share/doc/pod-mode/ ChangeLog README
   '';
 
   ignoreCompilationError = false;