diff --git a/bsp/board_ar71xx.bsp b/bsp/board_ar71xx.bsp
index 37130d05..f84b10a1 100644
--- a/bsp/board_ar71xx.bsp
+++ b/bsp/board_ar71xx.bsp
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 machine=ar71xx
 chipset=ar71xx
 subtarget=tiny
-target=$builddir/$machine
 images=("openwrt-${chipset}-${subtarget}-archer-c25-v1-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin"
         "openwrt-${chipset}-${subtarget}-archer-c60-v1-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin"
         "openwrt-${chipset}-${subtarget}-archer-c7-v2-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin"
diff --git a/bsp/board_mt7621.bsp b/bsp/board_mt7621.bsp
index e9f67765..340ec0b6 100644
--- a/bsp/board_mt7621.bsp
+++ b/bsp/board_mt7621.bsp
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 machine=mt7621
 chipset=ramips
 subtarget=mt7621
-target=$builddir/$machine
 
 images=(
         "openwrt-ramips-mt7621-ubnt-erx-squashfs-sysupgrade.tar"
diff --git a/bsp/board_wdr4900.bsp b/bsp/board_wdr4900.bsp
index 8520c6e5..8671c26e 100644
--- a/bsp/board_wdr4900.bsp
+++ b/bsp/board_wdr4900.bsp
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 machine=wdr4900
 chipset=mpc85xx
 subtarget=generic
-target=$builddir/$machine
 
 images=(
         "openwrt-${chipset}-${subtarget}-tl-wdr4900-v1-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin"
diff --git a/buildscript b/buildscript
index 81974a97..767403af 100755
--- a/buildscript
+++ b/buildscript
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ prepare() {
 
     #saves ~200MB for each build
     test -d ./src/dl || mkdir ./src/dl
-    ln -s ../../src/dl "$target"/dl
+    ln -s ../src/dl "$target"/dl
 }
 
 prebuild() {
@@ -347,6 +347,7 @@ loadBSP()
 {
     echo "Working with $(/bin/ls -l selected_bsp | awk '{ print $11 }')"
     . selected_bsp
+    target=$builddir
 }
 
 loadVariant()