diff --git a/configs/releng/build.sh b/configs/releng/build.sh
index ad127f0d1666558fadb661aa4ee6d3cedd0adc24..55901633819bec1ddb80334da4325873df685114 100755
--- a/configs/releng/build.sh
+++ b/configs/releng/build.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ out_dir=out
 
 arch=$(uname -m)
 verbose=""
-pacman_conf=${work_dir}/pacman.conf
 script_path=$(readlink -f ${0%/*})
 
 _usage ()
@@ -48,23 +47,23 @@ run_once() {
 make_pacman_conf() {
     local _cache_dirs
     _cache_dirs=($(pacman -v 2>&1 | grep '^Cache Dirs:' | sed 's/Cache Dirs:\s*//g'))
-    sed -r "s|^#?\\s*CacheDir.+|CacheDir = $(echo -n ${_cache_dirs[@]})|g" ${script_path}/pacman.conf > ${pacman_conf}
+    sed -r "s|^#?\\s*CacheDir.+|CacheDir = $(echo -n ${_cache_dirs[@]})|g" ${script_path}/pacman.conf > ${work_dir}/pacman.conf
 }
 
 # Base installation, plus needed packages (airootfs)
 make_basefs() {
-    setarch ${arch} mkarchiso ${verbose} -w "${work_dir}/${arch}" -C "${pacman_conf}" -D "${install_dir}" init
-    setarch ${arch} mkarchiso ${verbose} -w "${work_dir}/${arch}" -C "${pacman_conf}" -D "${install_dir}" -p "haveged intel-ucode memtest86+ mkinitcpio-nfs-utils nbd zsh" install
+    setarch ${arch} mkarchiso ${verbose} -w "${work_dir}/${arch}" -C "${work_dir}/pacman.conf" -D "${install_dir}" init
+    setarch ${arch} mkarchiso ${verbose} -w "${work_dir}/${arch}" -C "${work_dir}/pacman.conf" -D "${install_dir}" -p "haveged intel-ucode memtest86+ mkinitcpio-nfs-utils nbd zsh" install
 }
 
 # Additional packages (airootfs)
 make_packages() {
-    setarch ${arch} mkarchiso ${verbose} -w "${work_dir}/${arch}" -C "${pacman_conf}" -D "${install_dir}" -p "$(grep -h -v ^# ${script_path}/packages.{both,${arch}})" install
+    setarch ${arch} mkarchiso ${verbose} -w "${work_dir}/${arch}" -C "${work_dir}/pacman.conf" -D "${install_dir}" -p "$(grep -h -v ^# ${script_path}/packages.{both,${arch}})" install
 }
 
 # Needed packages for x86_64 EFI boot
 make_packages_efi() {
-    setarch ${arch} mkarchiso ${verbose} -w "${work_dir}/${arch}" -C "${pacman_conf}" -D "${install_dir}" -p "gummiboot prebootloader refind-efi" install
+    setarch ${arch} mkarchiso ${verbose} -w "${work_dir}/${arch}" -C "${work_dir}/pacman.conf" -D "${install_dir}" -p "gummiboot prebootloader refind-efi" install
 }
 
 # Copy mkinitcpio archiso hooks and build initramfs (airootfs)
@@ -80,7 +79,7 @@ make_setup_mkinitcpio() {
     cp /usr/lib/initcpio/install/archiso_kms ${work_dir}/${arch}/airootfs/etc/initcpio/install
     cp /usr/lib/initcpio/archiso_shutdown ${work_dir}/${arch}/airootfs/etc/initcpio
     cp ${script_path}/mkinitcpio.conf ${work_dir}/${arch}/airootfs/etc/mkinitcpio-archiso.conf
-    setarch ${arch} mkarchiso ${verbose} -w "${work_dir}/${arch}" -C "${pacman_conf}" -D "${install_dir}" -r 'mkinitcpio -c /etc/mkinitcpio-archiso.conf -k /boot/vmlinuz-linux -g /boot/archiso.img' run
+    setarch ${arch} mkarchiso ${verbose} -w "${work_dir}/${arch}" -C "${work_dir}/pacman.conf" -D "${install_dir}" -r 'mkinitcpio -c /etc/mkinitcpio-archiso.conf -k /boot/vmlinuz-linux -g /boot/archiso.img' run
 }
 
 # Customize installation (airootfs)
@@ -91,7 +90,7 @@ make_customize_airootfs() {
 
     lynx -dump -nolist 'https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Installation_Guide?action=render' >> ${work_dir}/${arch}/airootfs/root/install.txt
 
-    setarch ${arch} mkarchiso ${verbose} -w "${work_dir}/${arch}" -C "${pacman_conf}" -D "${install_dir}" -r '/root/customize_airootfs.sh' run
+    setarch ${arch} mkarchiso ${verbose} -w "${work_dir}/${arch}" -C "${work_dir}/pacman.conf" -D "${install_dir}" -r '/root/customize_airootfs.sh' run
     rm ${work_dir}/${arch}/airootfs/root/customize_airootfs.sh
 }