diff --git a/common/xbps-src/shutils/chroot.sh b/common/xbps-src/shutils/chroot.sh
index a1c49f3040e..324a3cb7c7d 100644
--- a/common/xbps-src/shutils/chroot.sh
+++ b/common/xbps-src/shutils/chroot.sh
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ chroot_handler() {
 	[ -z "$action" -a -z "$pkg" ] && return 1
 
 	case "$action" in
-	fetch|extract|build|configure|install-destdir|build-pkg|bootstrap-update|chroot)
+	fetch|extract|build|configure|install|install-destdir|build-pkg|bootstrap-update|chroot)
 		chroot_prepare || return $?
 		chroot_init || return $?
 		chroot_sync_repos || return $?
diff --git a/common/xbps-src/shutils/pkgtarget.sh b/common/xbps-src/shutils/pkgtarget.sh
index 4e72fda2a52..90e3cb537c1 100644
--- a/common/xbps-src/shutils/pkgtarget.sh
+++ b/common/xbps-src/shutils/pkgtarget.sh
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ install_pkg() {
 	done
 
 	if [ "$XBPS_TARGET_PKG" = "$sourcepkg" ]; then
-		[ "$target" = "install-destdir" ] && return 0
+		[ "$target" = "install" -o "$target" = "install-destdir" ] && return 0
 	fi
 
 	# If install went ok generate the binpkgs.
diff --git a/common/xbps-src/xbps-src.sh b/common/xbps-src/xbps-src.sh
index 2c93310ac97..a88516dab8d 100644
--- a/common/xbps-src/xbps-src.sh
+++ b/common/xbps-src/xbps-src.sh
@@ -45,11 +45,11 @@ Targets: (only one may be specified)
  fetch <pkgname>
    Download package source distribution file(s).
 
- install-destdir <pkgname>
+ install <pkgname>
    Install target package into <destdir> but not building the binary package
    and not removing build directory for inspection purposes.
 
- remove-destdir <pkgname>
+ remove <pkgname>
    Remove target package from <destdir>. If <pkgname>-<version> is not matched
    from build template nothing is removed.
 
@@ -516,7 +516,7 @@ remove-autodeps)
 		remove_pkg_autodeps
 	fi
 	;;
-fetch|extract|build|configure|install-destdir|build-pkg)
+fetch|extract|build|configure|install|install-destdir|build-pkg)
 	BEGIN_INSTALL=1
     setup_pkg $XBPS_TARGET_PKG $XBPS_CROSS_BUILD
 	if [ -n "$CHROOT_READY" -a -z "$IN_CHROOT" ]; then
@@ -525,7 +525,7 @@ fetch|extract|build|configure|install-destdir|build-pkg)
 		install_pkg $XBPS_TARGET $XBPS_CROSS_BUILD
 	fi
 	;;
-remove-destdir)
+remove|remove-destdir)
     setup_pkg $XBPS_TARGET_PKG $XBPS_CROSS_BUILD
 	remove_pkg $XBPS_CROSS_BUILD
 	;;