diff --git a/daemons/ipa-kdb/Makefile.am b/daemons/ipa-kdb/Makefile.am
index 715666e77..259bc3b20 100644
--- a/daemons/ipa-kdb/Makefile.am
+++ b/daemons/ipa-kdb/Makefile.am
@@ -40,18 +40,16 @@ ipadb_la_SOURCES = 		\
 	ipa_kdb_audit_as.c	\
 	$(NULL)
 
+dist_noinst_DATA = ipa_kdb.exports
+
 if BUILD_IPA_CERTAUTH_PLUGIN
 ipadb_la_SOURCES += ipa_kdb_certauth.c
 
 
-%: %.in
-	sed \
-		-e 's|@plugindir@|$(plugindir)|g' \
-		'$(srcdir)/$@.in' >$@
-
 krb5confdir = $(sysconfdir)/krb5.conf.d
 krb5conf_DATA = ipa-certauth
-CLEANFILES = $(krb5conf_DATA)
+else
+dist_noinst_DATA += ipa-certauth
 endif
 
 ipadb_la_LDFLAGS = 		\
@@ -105,8 +103,6 @@ ipa_kdb_tests_LDADD =          \
        -lsss_idmap             \
        $(NULL)
 
-dist_noinst_DATA = ipa_kdb.exports ipa-certauth.in
-
 clean-local:
 	rm -f tests/.dirstamp
 
diff --git a/daemons/ipa-kdb/ipa-certauth.in b/daemons/ipa-kdb/ipa-certauth
similarity index 56%
rename from daemons/ipa-kdb/ipa-certauth.in
rename to daemons/ipa-kdb/ipa-certauth
index eda89a26f..6fde08284 100644
--- a/daemons/ipa-kdb/ipa-certauth.in
+++ b/daemons/ipa-kdb/ipa-certauth
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [plugins]
  certauth = {
-  module = ipakdb:@plugindir@/ipadb.so
+  module = ipakdb:kdb/ipadb.so
   enable_only = ipakdb
  }