diff --git a/autoconf_share/lofar_pvss.m4 b/autoconf_share/lofar_pvss.m4
index 4271f7486b43a23addbe4242466fe228c1bef5fb..29a94fc6fbb4309eeef9b05d00859b6ddd254068 100644
--- a/autoconf_share/lofar_pvss.m4
+++ b/autoconf_share/lofar_pvss.m4
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ if test "$with_pvss" != "no"; then
 ##
   pvss_inclist=$pvss_prefix;
   if test "$pvss_prefix" = ""; then
-    pvss_inclist="$API_ROOT/include"
+    pvss_inclist="/opt/pvss/pvss2_v3.0/api/include"
   fi
   for bdir in $pvss_inclist
   do