--- tools/Makefile.am.orig	2016-05-14 01:04:00 UTC
+++ tools/Makefile.am
@@ -56,11 +56,11 @@ if BUILD_GTHUMB
 ## Does not work:
 #thumbnailerdir=$(datadir)/thumbnailers
 ## Needs to be in /usr/share/thumbnailers
-thumbnailerdir=/usr/share/thumbnailers
+thumbnailerdir=$(datadir)/thumbnailers
 thumbnailer_in_files=gnome_u7shapes.thumbnailer.in
 thumbnailer_DATA=$(thumbnailer_in_files:.thumbnailer.in=.thumbnailer)
 gnome_shp_thumbnailer_DATA=x-shapefile.xml
-gnome_shp_thumbnailerdir=$(DESTDIR)$(datadir)/mime/packages
+gnome_shp_thumbnailerdir=$(datadir)/mime/packages
 
 # Rule to make the service file with bindir expanded
 $(thumbnailer_DATA): $(thumbnailer_in_files)
@@ -99,10 +99,10 @@ cmanip_LDADD = \
 
 if BUILD_GTHUMB
 install-data-hook:
-	update-mime-database $(DESTDIR)$(datadir)/mime || :
+	:
 
 uninstall-hook:
-	update-mime-database $(DESTDIR)$(datadir)/mime || :
+	:
 else
 install-data-hook:
 uninstall-hook: