diff --git a/sci-libs/fftw/fftw-3.3.5-r2.ebuild b/sci-libs/fftw/fftw-3.3.5-r2.ebuild
index 52859149a948f..43c316e85704b 100644
--- a/sci-libs/fftw/fftw-3.3.5-r2.ebuild
+++ b/sci-libs/fftw/fftw-3.3.5-r2.ebuild
@@ -160,15 +160,7 @@ src_install() {
 	DOCS=( AUTHORS ChangeLog NEWS README TODO COPYRIGHT CONVENTIONS )
 	HTML_DOCS=( doc/html/ )
 
-	# workaround for bug #590446
-	my_abi_install() {
-		pushd "${BUILD_DIR}" >/dev/null || die
-		emake DESTDIR="${D}" install
-		popd >/dev/null || die
-	}
-	multibuild_foreach_variant multilib_foreach_abi my_abi_install
-
-	einstalldocs
+	multibuild_foreach_variant multilib-minimal_src_install
 
 	if use doc; then
 		dodoc doc/*.pdf