diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 85d6a017..5d1fedb9 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -112,10 +112,6 @@ option(BUILD_DOC "Build the HTML documentation (with doxygen if available)." OFF
 string(TOLOWER ${PROJECT_NAME} projectname)
 set(OPENJPEG_INSTALL_SUBDIR "${projectname}-${OPENJPEG_VERSION_MAJOR}.${OPENJPEG_VERSION_MINOR}")
 
-if(NOT OPENJPEG_INSTALL_SHARE_DIR)
-  set(OPENJPEG_INSTALL_SHARE_DIR "share")
-endif()
-
 if(NOT OPENJPEG_INSTALL_INCLUDE_DIR)
   set(OPENJPEG_INSTALL_INCLUDE_DIR "include/${OPENJPEG_INSTALL_SUBDIR}")
 endif()
diff --git a/src/bin/jpip/CMakeLists.txt b/src/bin/jpip/CMakeLists.txt
index a7bb0a44..e6244614 100644
--- a/src/bin/jpip/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/bin/jpip/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ if(Java_Development_FOUND AND Java_JAVAC_EXECUTABLE)
       )
 
     install(FILES ${LIBRARY_OUTPUT_PATH}/opj_jpip_viewer.jar
-      DESTINATION ${OPENJPEG_INSTALL_SHARE_DIR} COMPONENT JavaModule
+      DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_DATAROOTDIR} COMPONENT JavaModule
       )
   else()
     # opj_viewer (simple, no xerces)
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ if(Java_Development_FOUND AND Java_JAVAC_EXECUTABLE)
       )
 
     install(FILES ${LIBRARY_OUTPUT_PATH}/opj_jpip_viewer.jar
-      DESTINATION ${OPENJPEG_INSTALL_SHARE_DIR} COMPONENT JavaModule
+      DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_DATAROOTDIR} COMPONENT JavaModule
       )
   endif()
 else()
diff --git a/wrapping/java/openjp2/CMakeLists.txt b/wrapping/java/openjp2/CMakeLists.txt
index e4639385..d272fdcb 100644
--- a/wrapping/java/openjp2/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/wrapping/java/openjp2/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -69,5 +69,5 @@ add_custom_target(OpenJPEGJavaJar ALL
 )
 
 install(FILES ${LIBRARY_OUTPUT_PATH}/openjpeg.jar
-  DESTINATION ${OPENJPEG_INSTALL_SHARE_DIR} COMPONENT JavaModule
+  DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_DATAROOTDIR} COMPONENT JavaModule
 )