diff --git a/share/sparc.tmpl b/share/sparc.tmpl
index 2802809e..abd7e2ba 100644
--- a/share/sparc.tmpl
+++ b/share/sparc.tmpl
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 <%
 configdir="tmp/config_files"
 BOOTDIR="boot"
-KERNELDIR=BOOTDIR
 %>
 
 mkdir images
@@ -16,8 +15,8 @@ replace @VERSION@ ${product.version} ${BOOTDIR}/boot.msg
 replace @PRODUCT@ ${product.name} ${BOOTDIR}/boot.msg
 
 %for kernel in kernels:
-    installkernel images-${basearch} ${kernel.path} ${KERNELDIR}/vmlinuz
-    installinitrd images-${basearch} ${kernel.initrd.path} ${KERNELDIR}/initrd.img
+    installkernel images-${basearch} ${kernel.path} ${BOOTDIR}/vmlinuz
+    installinitrd images-${basearch} ${kernel.initrd.path} ${BOOTDIR}/initrd.img
 %endfor
 
 replace @ROOT@ root=live:CDLABEL=PBOOT ${BOOTDIR}/silo.conf