diff --git a/kpatch-build/kpatch-build b/kpatch-build/kpatch-build
index 90ddb72..3dec1c7 100755
--- a/kpatch-build/kpatch-build
+++ b/kpatch-build/kpatch-build
@@ -763,8 +763,6 @@ if "$KPATCH_MODULE"; then
 fi
 
 echo "Building patch module: $MODNAME.ko"
-cd "$SRCDIR" || die
-make prepare >> "$LOGFILE" 2>&1 || die
 
 if [[ ! -z "$UBUNTU_KERNEL" ]]; then
 	# UBUNTU: add UTS_UBUNTU_RELEASE_ABI to utsrelease.h after regenerating it