diff --git a/recipes-smalltalk/smalltalk/smalltalk.inc b/recipes-smalltalk/smalltalk/smalltalk.inc
index 345a74b1e5..894fe4c8be 100644
--- a/recipes-smalltalk/smalltalk/smalltalk.inc
+++ b/recipes-smalltalk/smalltalk/smalltalk.inc
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ do_configure() {
 
 do_configure_virtclass-native() {
 	autotools_do_configure
-	sed -i -e 's/^module_DATA.*$//' ${S}/Makefile
+	sed -i -e 's/^module_DATA.*$//' ${B}/Makefile
 }
 
 do_install_append() {