diff --git a/octave/PKGBUILD b/octave/PKGBUILD
index 47c48f984..95f3f6194 100644
--- a/octave/PKGBUILD
+++ b/octave/PKGBUILD
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 pkgname=octave
 pkgver=4.0.0
-pkgrel=4
+pkgrel=5
 pkgdesc="A high-level language, primarily intended for numerical computations."
 arch=('x86_64')
 url="http://www.octave.org"
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ optdepends=('texinfo: for help-support in octave'
 	    'gnuplot: alternative plotting'
 	    'openjdk: to call Java functions')
 source=(ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/octave/octave-$pkgver.tar.xz)
-options=('!emptydirs')
 install='octave.install'
 sha1sums=('795c7ef1fb8d92f4cf9cae9eabba374a0328b1a9')