diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index 2697d2b3c65..62ac1f652c9 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ VPATH     = @srcdir@
 # Sub-directories that don't have a makefile
 EXTRASUBDIRS = dlls libs
 
+# Destination directories for make install
+INSTALLDIRS = $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)
+
 all: wine
 	@echo "Wine build complete."
 
diff --git a/aclocal.m4 b/aclocal.m4
index 08f0bcdeb26..1735fd0c3dd 100644
--- a/aclocal.m4
+++ b/aclocal.m4
@@ -151,7 +151,6 @@ Makefile: Makefile.in Make.rules config.status
 
 AC_SUBST(ALL_WINETEST_DEPENDS,["# Test binaries"])
 AC_SUBST(ALL_TEST_BINARIES,"")
-AC_SUBST(ALL_PROGRAM_BIN_INSTALL_DIRS,"")
 
 wine_fn_append_file ()
 {
@@ -291,14 +290,19 @@ wine_fn_config_program ()
 programs/$ac_dir: programs/$ac_dir/Makefile __builddeps__ dummy
 	@cd programs/$ac_dir && \$(MAKE)"
 
-    if test -n "$ac_install"
-    then
-        wine_fn_append_rule ALL_MAKEFILE_DEPENDS \
+    test -n "$ac_install" || return
+    wine_fn_append_rule ALL_MAKEFILE_DEPENDS \
 "install install-lib:: programs/$ac_dir/Makefile __builddeps__
 	@cd programs/$ac_dir && \$(MAKE) install
 uninstall:: programs/$ac_dir/Makefile
 	@cd programs/$ac_dir && \$(MAKE) uninstall"
-        test "$ac_install" != installbin || wine_fn_append_file ALL_PROGRAM_BIN_INSTALL_DIRS programs/$ac_dir
+    if test "$ac_install" = installbin -a -n "$DLLEXT" -a -z "$WOW64_DISABLE"
+    then
+        wine_fn_append_rule ALL_MAKEFILE_DEPENDS \
+"install install-lib:: programs \$(DESTDIR)\$(bindir)
+	\$(INSTALL_SCRIPT) programs/wineapploader \$(DESTDIR)\$(bindir)/$ac_dir
+uninstall::
+	\$(RM) \$(DESTDIR)\$(bindir)/$ac_dir"
     fi])
 }
 
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 74610963e26..74a51a81dc1 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -596,7 +596,6 @@ ac_includes_default="\
 
 ac_subst_vars='LTLIBOBJS
 LIBOBJS
-ALL_PROGRAM_BIN_INSTALL_DIRS
 ALL_TEST_BINARIES
 ALL_WINETEST_DEPENDS
 LDAPLIBS
@@ -13854,8 +13853,6 @@ ALL_WINETEST_DEPENDS="# Test binaries"
 
 ALL_TEST_BINARIES=""
 
-ALL_PROGRAM_BIN_INSTALL_DIRS=""
-
 
 wine_fn_append_file ()
 {
@@ -14006,14 +14003,19 @@ else
 programs/$ac_dir: programs/$ac_dir/Makefile __builddeps__ dummy
 	@cd programs/$ac_dir && \$(MAKE)"
 
-    if test -n "$ac_install"
-    then
-        wine_fn_append_rule ALL_MAKEFILE_DEPENDS \
+    test -n "$ac_install" || return
+    wine_fn_append_rule ALL_MAKEFILE_DEPENDS \
 "install install-lib:: programs/$ac_dir/Makefile __builddeps__
 	@cd programs/$ac_dir && \$(MAKE) install
 uninstall:: programs/$ac_dir/Makefile
 	@cd programs/$ac_dir && \$(MAKE) uninstall"
-        test "$ac_install" != installbin || wine_fn_append_file ALL_PROGRAM_BIN_INSTALL_DIRS programs/$ac_dir
+    if test "$ac_install" = installbin -a -n "$DLLEXT" -a -z "$WOW64_DISABLE"
+    then
+        wine_fn_append_rule ALL_MAKEFILE_DEPENDS \
+"install install-lib:: programs \$(DESTDIR)\$(bindir)
+	\$(INSTALL_SCRIPT) programs/wineapploader \$(DESTDIR)\$(bindir)/$ac_dir
+uninstall::
+	\$(RM) \$(DESTDIR)\$(bindir)/$ac_dir"
     fi
 fi
 }
@@ -14704,8 +14706,6 @@ ac_config_commands="$ac_config_commands Makefile"
 ac_config_files="$ac_config_files Make.tmp:Makefile.in"
 
 
-test -n "$DLLEXT" || ALL_PROGRAM_BIN_INSTALL_DIRS=""
-
 wine_fn_append_rule ALL_MAKEFILE_DEPENDS "uninstall::
 	-rmdir \$(DESTDIR)\$(datadir)/wine \$(DESTDIR)\$(fakedlldir) \$(DESTDIR)\$(dlldir)"
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 142d32a5c3e..68d6f45e6fb 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2713,9 +2713,6 @@ _WINE_EOF
 
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([Make.tmp:Makefile.in])
 
-dnl Don't install in bin dir for Windows build
-test -n "$DLLEXT" || ALL_PROGRAM_BIN_INSTALL_DIRS=""
-
 dnl Some final makefile rules
 WINE_APPEND_RULE([ALL_MAKEFILE_DEPENDS],
 [uninstall::
diff --git a/programs/Makefile.in b/programs/Makefile.in
index 9946998e831..ebb75473888 100644
--- a/programs/Makefile.in
+++ b/programs/Makefile.in
@@ -3,11 +3,6 @@ TOPOBJDIR = ..
 SRCDIR    = @srcdir@
 VPATH     = @srcdir@
 
-ALL_INSTALLS = @ALL_PROGRAM_BIN_INSTALL_DIRS@
-INSTALLPROGS = $(ALL_INSTALLS:programs/%=%)
-
-INSTALLDIRS = $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)
-
 PROGRAMS = wineapploader
 
 @MAKE_RULES@
@@ -16,19 +11,3 @@ all: $(PROGRAMS)
 
 wineapploader: wineapploader.in
 	sed -e 's,@bindir\@,$(bindir),g' $(SRCDIR)/wineapploader.in >$@ || ($(RM) $@ && false)
-
-# Rules for installation
-
-.PHONY: install-progs install-progs.so $(INSTALLPROGS:%=%/__installprog__)
-
-$(INSTALLPROGS:%=%/__installprog__): wineapploader $(INSTALLDIRS) dummy
-	$(RM) $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/`dirname $@` && $(INSTALL_SCRIPT) wineapploader $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/`dirname $@`
-
-install-progs.so: $(INSTALLPROGS:%=%/__installprog__)
-install-progs: # nothing to do here
-
-@WOW64_DISABLE@ install install-lib:: install-progs$(DLLEXT) $(INSTALLDIRS)
-
-uninstall::
-	-cd $(DESTDIR)$(bindir) && $(RM) $(INSTALLPROGS)
-	-rmdir $(DESTDIR)$(fakedlldir) $(DESTDIR)$(dlldir)