diff --git a/dev-python/pycpio/pycpio-0.6.1.ebuild b/dev-python/pycpio/pycpio-0.6.1.ebuild
index 60dcbe5549..cc9f2e41e4 100644
--- a/dev-python/pycpio/pycpio-0.6.1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/pycpio/pycpio-0.6.1.ebuild
@@ -11,9 +11,6 @@ DESCRIPTION="Python CPIO library"
 HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/desultory/pycpio"
 SRC_URI="https://github.com/desultory/${PN}/archive/refs/tags/${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
 
-# Specify the subdirectory containing the actual source code
-S="${WORKDIR}/${PN}-${PV}"
-
 LICENSE="GPL-2"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~amd64"