diff --git a/build/install-deps-ubuntu.sh b/build/install-deps-ubuntu.sh
index e19c4d29e..a54f61406 100755
--- a/build/install-deps-ubuntu.sh
+++ b/build/install-deps-ubuntu.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ set -euxo pipefail
 
 DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt install --yes \
     intltool \
-    build-essential \
     pkg-config \
     cli-common-dev \
     mono-devel \
diff --git a/build/snap-build.sh b/build/snap-build.sh
index dc9bf649c..6a4128100 100755
--- a/build/snap-build.sh
+++ b/build/snap-build.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ sudo ./build/install-deps-ubuntu.sh
 # just in case this is a retry-run, we want to clean artifacts from previous try
 rm -rf ./staging
 
-./autogen.sh --prefix=./staging "$@"
+./autogen.sh --prefix=`pwd`/staging "$@"
 make
 make install