diff --git a/packaging/deb/core-daemon.install.in b/packaging/deb/core-daemon.install.in
index 886be338..4656c188 100644
--- a/packaging/deb/core-daemon.install.in
+++ b/packaging/deb/core-daemon.install.in
@@ -1,23 +1,20 @@
 #! /usr/bin/dh-exec
 @SBINDIR@
 @CORE_CONF_DIR@
-# configure prints a warning if CORE_DATA_DIR is used here
-# ATdatarootdirAT is expanding to ${datarootdir}/man/man1/
-/usr/share/core/examples/corens3
-/usr/share/core/examples/*.py
-/usr/share/core/examples/hooks
-/usr/share/core/examples/myservices
-/usr/share/core/examples/netns
-/usr/share/core/examples/services
-# ATmandirAT is expanding to ${datarootdir}/man/man1/core-daemon.1
-/usr/share/man/man1/vnoded.1
-/usr/share/man/man1/vcmd.1
-/usr/share/man/man1/netns.1
-/usr/share/man/man1/core-daemon.1
-/usr/share/man/man1/coresendmsg.1
-/usr/share/man/man1/core-cleanup.1
-/usr/share/man/man1/core-xen-cleanup.1
-# ATpythondirAT is expanding to ${prefix}/lib/python2.7/dist-packages
-/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages
+@CORE_DATA_DIR@/examples/corens3
+@CORE_DATA_DIR@/examples/*.py
+@CORE_DATA_DIR@/examples/hooks
+@CORE_DATA_DIR@/examples/myservices
+@CORE_DATA_DIR@/examples/netns
+@CORE_DATA_DIR@/examples/services
+# ATmandirAT is expanding to ${datarootdir}/man
+@datarootdir@/man/man1/vnoded.1
+@datarootdir@/man/man1/vcmd.1
+@datarootdir@/man/man1/netns.1
+@datarootdir@/man/man1/core-daemon.1
+@datarootdir@/man/man1/coresendmsg.1
+@datarootdir@/man/man1/core-cleanup.1
+@datarootdir@/man/man1/core-xen-cleanup.1
+@pyprefix@/lib/python2.7/dist-packages
 /etc/init.d
 /etc/logrotate.d
diff --git a/packaging/deb/core-gui.install.in b/packaging/deb/core-gui.install.in
index a8e85893..89bbc19c 100644
--- a/packaging/deb/core-gui.install.in
+++ b/packaging/deb/core-gui.install.in
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
 #! /usr/bin/dh-exec
 @BINDIR@/core-gui
 @CORE_LIB_DIR@
-# configure prints a warning if CORE_DATA_DIR is used here
-# ATdatarootdirAT is expanding to ${datarootdir}/man/man1/
-/usr/share/core/icons
-/usr/share/core/examples/configs
-/usr/share/pixmaps
-/usr/share/applications
-# ATmandirAT is expanding to ${datarootdir}/man/man1/core-gui.1
-/usr/share/man/man1/core-gui.1
+@CORE_DATA_DIR@/icons
+@CORE_DATA_DIR@/examples/configs
+@datarootdir@/pixmaps
+@datarootdir@/applications
+# ATmandirAT is expanding to ${datarootdir}/man
+@datarootdir@/man/man1/core-gui.1