diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 6d72e7cc..fbfa5483 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 
 ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4
 
-AM_CXXFLAGS = $(BOOST_CPPFLAGS) $(COMMON_CXXFLAGS) $(ZLIB_CFLAGS)
-AM_LDFLAGS  = $(BOOST_LDFLAGS) $(BOOST_FILESYSTEM_LIB) $(BOOST_SYSTEM_LIB) $(COMMON_LDFLAGS) $(ZLIB_LIBS)
+AM_CXXFLAGS = $(BOOST_CPPFLAGS) $(ZLIB_CFLAGS)
+AM_LDFLAGS  = $(BOOST_LDFLAGS) $(BOOST_FILESYSTEM_LIB) $(BOOST_SYSTEM_LIB) $(ZLIB_LIBS)
 
 SUBDIRS = test