diff --git a/plugins/uefi/fu-uefi-common.c b/plugins/uefi/fu-uefi-common.c
index fadb469f3..fa7df3ea8 100644
--- a/plugins/uefi/fu-uefi-common.c
+++ b/plugins/uefi/fu-uefi-common.c
@@ -88,8 +88,6 @@ fu_uefi_get_built_app_path (GError **error)
 	g_autofree gchar *prefix = NULL;
 	if (fu_uefi_secure_boot_enabled ())
 		extension = ".signed";
-	if (g_file_test (EFI_APP_LOCATION_BUILD, G_FILE_TEST_EXISTS))
-		return g_strdup_printf ("%s%s", EFI_APP_LOCATION_BUILD, extension);
 	suffix = fu_uefi_bootmgr_get_suffix (error);
 	if (suffix == NULL)
 		return NULL;
diff --git a/plugins/uefi/meson.build b/plugins/uefi/meson.build
index 8b7428648..ac9f5dd83 100644
--- a/plugins/uefi/meson.build
+++ b/plugins/uefi/meson.build
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 subdir('efi')
 
 cargs = ['-DG_LOG_DOMAIN="FuPluginUefi"']
-cargs += '-DEFI_APP_LOCATION_BUILD="' + app.full_path() + '"'
 
 efi_os_dir = get_option('efi_os_dir')
 if efi_os_dir != ''