diff --git a/Manual.md b/Manual.md
index da8764c78e6..c612479ec73 100644
--- a/Manual.md
+++ b/Manual.md
@@ -1475,13 +1475,13 @@ Also, a set of useful variables are defined to use in the templates:
 | Variable    | Value                            |
 |-------------|----------------------------------|
 | py2_ver     | 2.X                              |
-| py2_lib     | /usr/lib/python2.X               |
-| py2_sitelib | /usr/lib/python2.X/site-packages |
-| py2_inc     | /usr/include/python2.X           |
+| py2_lib     | usr/lib/python2.X                |
+| py2_sitelib | usr/lib/python2.X/site-packages  |
+| py2_inc     | usr/include/python2.X            |
 | py3_ver     | 3.X                              |
-| py3_lib     | /usr/lib/python3.X               |
-| py3_sitelib | /usr/lib/python3.X/site-packages |
-| py3_inc     | /usr/include/python3.Xm          |
+| py3_lib     | usr/lib/python3.X                |
+| py3_sitelib | usr/lib/python3.X/site-packages  |
+| py3_inc     | usr/include/python3.Xm           |
 
 > NOTE: it's expected that additional subpkgs must be generated to allow packaging for multiple
 python versions.
diff --git a/common/environment/setup/python.sh b/common/environment/setup/python.sh
index eca368dbf0d..3469fe070a9 100644
--- a/common/environment/setup/python.sh
+++ b/common/environment/setup/python.sh
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@
 #
 
 py2_ver="2.7"
-py2_lib="/usr/lib/python${py2_ver}"
+py2_lib="usr/lib/python${py2_ver}"
 py2_sitelib="${py2_lib}/site-packages"
-py2_inc="/usr/include/python${py2_ver}"
+py2_inc="usr/include/python${py2_ver}"
 
 py3_ver="3.8"
 py3_abiver=""
-py3_lib="/usr/lib/python${py3_ver}"
+py3_lib="usr/lib/python${py3_ver}"
 py3_sitelib="${py3_lib}/site-packages"
-py3_inc="/usr/include/python${py3_ver}${py3_abiver}"
+py3_inc="usr/include/python${py3_ver}${py3_abiver}"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/bcnc/template b/srcpkgs/bcnc/template
index df8a16d12cf..c7e6eb32c80 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/bcnc/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/bcnc/template
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ fi
 post_install() {
 	vmkdir usr/share/applications
 	vmkdir usr/share/pixmaps
-	ln -s "${py3_sitelib}/bCNC/bCNC.desktop" "${DESTDIR}/usr/share/applications/"
-	ln -s "${py3_sitelib}/bCNC/bCNC.png" "${DESTDIR}/usr/share/pixmaps/"
+	ln -s "/${py3_sitelib}/bCNC/bCNC.desktop" "${DESTDIR}/usr/share/applications/"
+	ln -s "/${py3_sitelib}/bCNC/bCNC.png" "${DESTDIR}/usr/share/pixmaps/"
 	ln -s "bCNC" "${DESTDIR}/usr/bin/bcnc"
 }
diff --git a/srcpkgs/blender/template b/srcpkgs/blender/template
index 663a38381b6..754af3f0c47 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/blender/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/blender/template
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ configure_args="
 -DPYTHON_VERSION=$py3_ver
 -DPYTHON_LIBPATH=/usr/lib
 -DPYTHON_LIBRARY='python${py3_ver}${py3_abiver}'
--DPYTHON_INCLUDE_DIRS=$py3_inc"
+-DPYTHON_INCLUDE_DIRS=/$py3_inc"
 
 case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
 *-musl) # crashes at startup in jemallocs free()
diff --git a/srcpkgs/boost/template b/srcpkgs/boost/template
index 3dffb6087ca..f0827218312 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/boost/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/boost/template
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ do_build() {
 	cat > user-config.jam <<-__EOF
 	using gcc : : ${CXX} : <cxxflags>"${CXXFLAGS}" <linkflags>"${LDFLAGS}" ;
 	using python : 2.7 : ${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/bin/python2 : ${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/include/python2.7 : ${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/lib/python2.7 ;
-	using python : ${py3_ver} : ${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/bin/python3 : ${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}${py3_inc} : ${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}${py3_lib} ;
+	using python : ${py3_ver} : ${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/bin/python3 : ${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/${py3_inc} : ${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/${py3_lib} ;
 
 	__EOF
 	# --no-cmake-config should be removed with boost-1.71 or later
diff --git a/srcpkgs/compizconfig-python/template b/srcpkgs/compizconfig-python/template
index c3bd82bd18b..437f1876301 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/compizconfig-python/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/compizconfig-python/template
@@ -19,6 +19,6 @@ pre_configure() {
 	NOCONFIGURE=1 ./autogen.sh
 
 	if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
-		sed -i "s,PYTHON_INCLUDES=.*,PYTHON_INCLUDES=-I${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}${py3_inc},g" configure
+		sed -i "s,PYTHON_INCLUDES=.*,PYTHON_INCLUDES=-I${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/${py3_inc},g" configure
 	fi
 }
diff --git a/srcpkgs/gnuradio/template b/srcpkgs/gnuradio/template
index 925990ba141..8c7c6e80eee 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gnuradio/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gnuradio/template
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version=3.8.0.0
 revision=4
 build_style=cmake
 conf_files="/etc/gnuradio/conf.d/*"
-configure_args="-DENABLE_INTERNAL_VOLK=OFF -DGR_PYTHON_DIR=${py3_sitelib}"
+configure_args="-DENABLE_INTERNAL_VOLK=OFF -DGR_PYTHON_DIR=/${py3_sitelib}"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config doxygen swig python3-Mako python3-Sphinx
  python3-cairo python3-numpy python3-yaml"
 makedepends="SDL-devel boost-devel fftw-devel gsl-devel jack-devel
diff --git a/srcpkgs/gramps/template b/srcpkgs/gramps/template
index 3aa8997f51c..35e3245ef62 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gramps/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gramps/template
@@ -15,5 +15,5 @@ distfiles="https://github.com/gramps-project/${pkgname}/archive/v${version}.tar.
 checksum=4f11d7fa66e397a36c902057794c48c0740d56c802fcdc5f2c3e3652104dd45b
 
 post_install() {
-	echo -n '/usr/share' > ${DESTDIR}${py3_sitelib}/gramps/gen/utils/resource-path
+	echo -n '/usr/share' > ${DESTDIR}/${py3_sitelib}/gramps/gen/utils/resource-path
 }
diff --git a/srcpkgs/kicad/template b/srcpkgs/kicad/template
index 5dfcfded2d8..d5d12ff8b23 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/kicad/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/kicad/template
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ CXXFLAGS="-std=c++17"
 if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
 	hostmakedepends+=" python wxPython"
 	configure_args+=" -DPYTHON_SITE_PACKAGE_PATH=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/${py2_sitelib}
-	 -DPYTHON_DEST=${py2_sitelib}"
+	 -DPYTHON_DEST=/${py2_sitelib}"
 fi
 
 pre_configure() {
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libcec/template b/srcpkgs/libcec/template
index f956cfcd468..13f44a65b84 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libcec/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libcec/template
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ python3-libcec_package() {
 	depends="python3 libcec>=${version}"
 
 	pkg_install() {
-		vmove "${py3_lib#/}"
+		vmove "${py3_lib}"
 	}
 }
 libcec-devel_package() {
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libffado/template b/srcpkgs/libffado/template
index 2aa44e3be1b..cb5abd08fb1 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libffado/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libffado/template
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ build_style=scons
 make_build_args="PREFIX=/usr MANDIR=/usr/share/man
  UDEVDIR=/usr/lib/udev/rules.d CUSTOM_ENV=1 BUILD_TESTS=0
  ENABLE_OPTIMIZATIONS=0 DEBUG=0 PYTHON_INTERPRETER=/usr/bin/python3
- DETECT_USERSPACE_ENV=0 PYPKGDIR=${py3_sitelib}"
+ DETECT_USERSPACE_ENV=0 PYPKGDIR=/${py3_sitelib}"
 make_install_args="$make_build_args WILL_DEAL_WITH_XDG_MYSELF=1"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config xdg-utils python3-PyQt5-devel-tools"
 makedepends="libxml++-devel libdbus-c++-devel libsigc++-devel libconfig++-devel
diff --git a/srcpkgs/opencv/template b/srcpkgs/opencv/template
index d707ed34dda..2015ca6db52 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/opencv/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/opencv/template
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ revision=3
 build_style=cmake
 configure_args="-DENABLE_PRECOMPILED_HEADERS=OFF -DWITH_OPENMP=ON
  -DWITH_OPENCL=ON -DENABLE_CXX11=ON -DOPENCV_SKIP_PYTHON_LOADER=ON
- -DOPENCV_PYTHON3_INSTALL_PATH=${py3_sitelib}
- -DOPENCV_PYTHON_INSTALL_PATH=${py2_sitelib}"
+ -DOPENCV_PYTHON3_INSTALL_PATH=/${py3_sitelib}
+ -DOPENCV_PYTHON_INSTALL_PATH=/${py2_sitelib}"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config eigen"
 makedepends="ffmpeg-devel libpng-devel libjpeg-turbo-devel tiff-devel
  jasper-devel ocl-icd-devel libgomp-devel libopenexr-devel gtk+3-devel
diff --git a/srcpkgs/opencv4/template b/srcpkgs/opencv4/template
index 746ed456f3e..c6a21b58cac 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/opencv4/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/opencv4/template
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ build_style=cmake
 configure_args="-DENABLE_PRECOMPILED_HEADERS=OFF -DWITH_OPENMP=ON -DWITH_OPENCL=ON
  -DOPENCV_GENERATE_PKGCONFIG=YES
  -DWITH_EIGEN=ON -DENABLE_CXX11=ON -DOPENCV_SKIP_PYTHON_LOADER=ON
- -DOPENCV_PYTHON3_INSTALL_PATH=${py3_sitelib}
- -DOPENCV_PYTHON_INSTALL_PATH=${py2_sitelib}
+ -DOPENCV_PYTHON3_INSTALL_PATH=/${py3_sitelib}
+ -DOPENCV_PYTHON_INSTALL_PATH=/${py2_sitelib}
  -DOPENCV_EXTRA_MODULES_PATH=${XBPS_BUILDDIR}/opencv_contrib-${version}/modules
  -DBUILD_opencv_rgbd=OFF"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config eigen"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/rpm/template b/srcpkgs/rpm/template
index bc3d44d9428..26d91814102 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/rpm/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/rpm/template
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ checksum=ddef45f9601cd12042edfc9b6e37efcca32814e1e0f4bb8682d08144a3e2d230
 python_version=2 #unverified
 conflicts="rpmextract>=0" # Both provide rpm2cpio
 
-CFLAGS="-I${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}${py3_inc}"
+CFLAGS="-I${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/${py3_inc}"
 CFLAGS+=" -I${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/include/nss"
 CFLAGS+=" -I${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/include/nspr"