diff --git a/conf/Makefile.am b/conf/Makefile.am
index 98fee8baef1614cd646a5eca224c15b3fb26e0d9..c8674f5c672a2157080a79043f3b07f24907eb38 100644
--- a/conf/Makefile.am
+++ b/conf/Makefile.am
@@ -1,16 +1,12 @@
+appsqldir = $(pkgdatadir)/sql
+
 noinst_DATA = manager.conf
 
-sql_DATA = manager.sql
+appsql_DATA = manager.sql
 
 CLEANFILES = $(noinst_DATA)
 
-EXTRA_DIST = manager.conf.in $(sql_DATA)
-
-manager.conf: Makefile manager.conf.in
-	sed \
-		-e 's|[@]templatesdir[@]|$(templatesdir)|' \
-		-e 's|[@]confdir[@]|$(confdir)|' \
-		< $(srcdir)/$@.in > $@
+EXTRA_DIST = $(noinst_DATA) $(appsql_DATA)
 
 install-data-local:
 	$(mkinstalldirs) $(DESTDIR)$(confdir)
diff --git a/conf/manager.conf.in b/conf/manager.conf
similarity index 95%
rename from conf/manager.conf.in
rename to conf/manager.conf
index a4195ab9ccf3c526e4881052fc43272d790be800..292af27c1ac78fc74bd445a11d9b0467c7ca8e23 100644
--- a/conf/manager.conf.in
+++ b/conf/manager.conf
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ url = https://access-check.my.fqdn
 login_url = https://access-check.my.fqdn/Shibboleth.sso/Login
 
 [setup]
-# base templates directory
-templates_dir = @templatesdir@
 # templates theme
 templates_theme = edugain
 accounts_file = /var/lib/access-check/accounts.php