diff --git a/mail-client/neomutt/neomutt-99999999.ebuild b/mail-client/neomutt/neomutt-99999999.ebuild
index d25f26c5ada8e..0903176798d7a 100644
--- a/mail-client/neomutt/neomutt-99999999.ebuild
+++ b/mail-client/neomutt/neomutt-99999999.ebuild
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ inherit eutils
 if [[ ${PV} =~ 99999999$ ]]; then
 	inherit git-r3
 	EGIT_REPO_URI="https://github.com/neomutt/neomutt.git"
-	EGIT_CHECKOUT_DIR="${WORKDIR}/neomutt-${P}"
 else
 	SRC_URI="https://github.com/${PN}/${PN}/archive/${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
 	KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~ppc64 ~x86"