diff --git a/scripts/ac_mkbuilddir.sh b/scripts/ac_mkbuilddir.sh
index c52bb8c..888f811 100755
--- a/scripts/ac_mkbuilddir.sh
+++ b/scripts/ac_mkbuilddir.sh
@@ -73,10 +73,7 @@ cd ${BUILD_DIR}
 echo "cp ${AC_HOME}/config/astaroth.conf ${PWD}"
 cp ${AC_HOME}/config/astaroth.conf .
 
-CONF_DIR="-D ASTAROTH_CONF_PATH=${PWD}" # JP: Warning, not used in src/standalone/CMakeLists.txt.
-                                        # The config path supplied by cmake and this define
-                                        # is redundant.
-
+CONF_DIR="-D ASTAROTH_CONF_PATH=${PWD}"
 
 #cmake -D CMAKE_C_COMPILER=icc -D CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=icpc -DDOUBLE_PRECISION=OFF -DBUILD_DEBUG=OFF ${AC_HOME}
 
diff --git a/src/standalone/CMakeLists.txt b/src/standalone/CMakeLists.txt
index b444800..6a03e32 100644
--- a/src/standalone/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/standalone/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ target_link_libraries(ac_run PRIVATE astaroth_standalone astaroth_core "${OpenMP
 
 # Define the config directory
 if (ALTER_CONF)
-    target_compile_definitions(astaroth_standalone PRIVATE CONFIG_PATH="${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/")
+    # ASTAROTH_CONF_PATH supplied by ac_mkbuilddir.sh
+    target_compile_definitions(astaroth_standalone PRIVATE CONFIG_PATH="${ASTAROTH_CONF_PATH}/")
 else()
     target_compile_definitions(astaroth_standalone PRIVATE CONFIG_PATH="${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/config/")
 endif()