diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-gnome/gnome-themes/gnome-themes-extra_3.28.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-gnome/gnome-themes/gnome-themes-extra_3.28.bb
index d7e422cc97..227422d90c 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-gnome/gnome-themes/gnome-themes-extra_3.28.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-gnome/gnome-themes/gnome-themes-extra_3.28.bb
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ EXTRA_OECONF = "--disable-gtk3-engine"
 
 do_install:append() {
         # Only building Adwaita, remove highcontrast files
-        rm -rf ${D}${prefix}/share/themes/HighContrast \
-               ${D}${prefix}/share/icons
+        rm -rf ${D}${datadir}/themes/HighContrast \
+               ${D}${datadir}/icons
 
 	# The libtool archive file is unneeded with shared libs on modern Linux
 	rm -rf ${D}${libdir}/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/engines/libadwaita.la
@@ -34,10 +34,10 @@ PACKAGES += "gnome-theme-adwaita \
              gnome-theme-adwaita-dark \
              "
 
-FILES:gnome-theme-adwaita = "${prefix}/share/themes/Adwaita \
+FILES:gnome-theme-adwaita = "${datadir}/themes/Adwaita \
                               ${libdir}/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/engines/libadwaita.so"
 
-FILES:gnome-theme-adwaita-dark = "${prefix}/share/themes/Adwaita-dark"
+FILES:gnome-theme-adwaita-dark = "${datadir}/themes/Adwaita-dark"
 RDEPENDS:gnome-theme-adwaita-dark = "gnome-theme-adwaita"
 
 # gnome-themes-standard is empty and doesn't exist