diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 3f702ae..9622d75 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ class install(_install):
                                      'utils', 'resource-path')
         with io.open(resource_file, 'w', encoding='utf-8',
                      errors='strict') as fp:
-            path = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(self.install_data, 'share'))
+            path = '/usr/share'
             if sys.version_info[0] < 3:
                 path = unicode(path)
             fp.write(path)