diff --git a/ports/unix/Makefile b/ports/unix/Makefile
index 948cdd0c44..1e0a38ca25 100644
--- a/ports/unix/Makefile
+++ b/ports/unix/Makefile
@@ -248,3 +248,12 @@ axtls: $(TOP)/lib/axtls/README
 $(TOP)/lib/axtls/README:
 	@echo "You cloned without --recursive, fetching submodules for you."
 	(cd $(TOP); git submodule update --init --recursive)
+
+PREFIX = /usr/local
+BINDIR = $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin
+
+install: $(PROG)
+	install -D $(PROG) $(BINDIR)/$(PROG)
+
+uninstall:
+	-rm $(BINDIR)/$(PROG)
diff --git a/ports/unix/variants/standard/mpconfigvariant.mk b/ports/unix/variants/standard/mpconfigvariant.mk
index 6650c086f8..cf3efab8ae 100644
--- a/ports/unix/variants/standard/mpconfigvariant.mk
+++ b/ports/unix/variants/standard/mpconfigvariant.mk
@@ -1,16 +1,3 @@
 # This is the default variant when you `make` the Unix port.
 
 PROG ?= micropython
-
-# install micropython in /usr/local/bin
-TARGET = micropython
-PREFIX = /usr/local
-BINDIR = $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin
-
-install: micropython
-	install -d $(BINDIR)
-	install $(TARGET) $(BINDIR)/$(TARGET)
-
-# uninstall micropython
-uninstall:
-	-rm $(BINDIR)/$(TARGET)