diff --git a/ceph.spec.in b/ceph.spec.in
index 634a9957531..30a8c961298 100644
--- a/ceph.spec.in
+++ b/ceph.spec.in
@@ -57,9 +57,9 @@ conjunction with any FastCGI capable web server.
 %build
 ./autogen.sh
 %if %{with_radosgw}
-%{configure} --prefix=/usr --sbindir=/sbin --without-hadoop --with-radosgw
+%{configure} --prefix=/usr --sbindir=/sbin --sysconfdir=/etc --without-hadoop --with-radosgw
 %else
-%{configure} --prefix=/usr --sbindir=/sbin --without-hadoop --without-radosgw
+%{configure} --prefix=/usr --sbindir=/sbin --sysconfdir=/etc --without-hadoop --without-radosgw
 %endif
 make -j$(getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN) CFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS" CXXFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS"
 
diff --git a/src/init-ceph.in b/src/init-ceph.in
index e9dd820c649..d26722bed4b 100644
--- a/src/init-ceph.in
+++ b/src/init-ceph.in
@@ -21,12 +21,7 @@ if [ `dirname $0` = "." ] && [ $PWD != "/etc/init.d" ]; then
 else
     BINDIR=@bindir@
     LIBDIR=@libdir@/ceph
-    # i hate autoconf:
-    if [ "@sysconfdir@" = "/usr/etc" ]; then
-	ETCDIR=/etc/ceph
-    else
-	ETCDIR=@sysconfdir@/ceph
-    fi
+    ETCDIR=@sysconfdir@/ceph
 fi
 
 usage_exit() {