diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index cc6b560c..9f663987 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -475,7 +475,6 @@ AH_VERBATIM([NDEBUG], [/* Never ever ignore assertions */
 
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile
                  contrib/Makefile
-                 contrib/dnscrypt-update-resolvers.sh
                  dist-build/Makefile
                  man/Makefile
                  src/Makefile
diff --git a/contrib/Makefile.am b/contrib/Makefile.am
index 61b1054c..851c89d3 100644
--- a/contrib/Makefile.am
+++ b/contrib/Makefile.am
@@ -4,3 +4,13 @@ EXTRA_DIST = \
 	domains-blacklist.conf \
 	generate-domains-blacklist.py \
 	resolvers-check.sh
+
+noinst_SCRIPTS = \
+	dnscrypt-update-resolvers.sh
+
+dnscrypt-update-resolvers.sh: dnscrypt-update-resolvers.sh.in
+	$(SED) \
+	-e 's|[@]datadir@|$(datadir)|g' \
+	-e 's|[@]PACKAGE@|$(PACKAGE)|g' \
+	< dnscrypt-update-resolvers.sh.in > dnscrypt-update-resolvers.sh
+	chmod u+rwx,go+rx dnscrypt-update-resolvers.sh
diff --git a/contrib/dnscrypt-update-resolvers.sh.in b/contrib/dnscrypt-update-resolvers.sh.in
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index 04608c91..ed65315f
--- a/contrib/dnscrypt-update-resolvers.sh.in
+++ b/contrib/dnscrypt-update-resolvers.sh.in
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 
-prefix="@prefix@"
-datarootdir = "@datarootdir@"
 PKG_DATA_DIR="@datadir@/@PACKAGE@"
 RESOLVERS_FILE="${PKG_DATA_DIR}/dnscrypt-resolvers.csv"
 RESOLVERS_FILE_TMP="${RESOLVERS_FILE}.tmp"