diff --git a/recipes/tools/vim/recipe.toml b/recipes/tools/vim/recipe.toml
index 729291d3..3932e229 100644
--- a/recipes/tools/vim/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/tools/vim/recipe.toml
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ patch = ["vim.patch"]
 dependencies = ["ncurses"]
 template = "custom"
 script = """
+rsync -av --delete "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/" ./
+
 export vim_cv_toupper_broken=no
 export vim_cv_tgetent=zero
 export vim_cv_terminfo=yes
@@ -14,13 +16,10 @@ export vim_cv_tty_group=world
 export vim_cv_getcwd_broken=no
 export vim_cv_stat_ignores_slash=yes
 export vim_cv_memmove_handles_overlap=yes
-export SRCDIR="${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/src"
 
+COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE="./configure"
 COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS+=(
     --with-tlib=ncurses
 )
-
-pushd "${SRCDIR}"
 cookbook_configure
-popd
 """