diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/pcp/pcp-native_6.3.8.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/pcp/pcp-native_6.3.8.bb
index e90efea9cb..c4064d8330 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/pcp/pcp-native_6.3.8.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/pcp/pcp-native_6.3.8.bb
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ export PCP_BIN_DIR = "${D}/usr/bin"
 B = "${S}"
 
 do_configure:prepend() {
-    export SED=${TMPDIR}/hosttools/sed
-    export AR=${TMPDIR}/hosttools/ar
+    export SED=${HOSTTOOLS_DIR}/sed
+    export AR=${HOSTTOOLS_DIR}/ar
 #    export PYTHON=python3
     
     rm -rf ${S}/include/pcp/configsz.h
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ do_compile:prepend() {
            -e "s,#undef PM_SIZEOF_TIME_T,,g" \
            ${S}/src/include/pcp/config.h.in
 
-    export AR=${TMPDIR}/hosttools/ar
+    export AR=${HOSTTOOLS_DIR}/ar
 #    export PYTHON=python3
 }
 
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/pcp/pcp_6.3.8.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/pcp/pcp_6.3.8.bb
index 65efac06be..bf1d728b7c 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/pcp/pcp_6.3.8.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/pcp/pcp_6.3.8.bb
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ do_configure:prepend () {
     cp ${UNPACKDIR}/config.linux ${B}
     rm -rf ${S}/include/pcp/configsz.h
     rm -rf ${S}/include/pcp/platformsz.h
-    export SED=${TMPDIR}/hosttools/sed
+    export SED=${HOSTTOOLS_DIR}/sed
     export PYTHON=python3
 }