diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index 8c3677f2..8dfe9efc 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -29,8 +29,7 @@ DEFAULT_TITLEBAR=$(pkgdatadir)/titlebar
 DEFAULT_KEYSFILE=$(pkgdatadir)/keys
 DEFAULT_INITFILE=
 
-CPPFLAGS= -Wall @CPPFLAGS@ @SHAPE@ @SLIT@ @INTERLACE@ @ORDEREDPSEUDO@ \
-@DEBUG@ @NEWWMSPEC@ @NLS@ @TIMEDCACHE@ @KDE@ @GNOME@ @XINERAMA@ \
+CPPFLAGS= -Wall @CPPFLAGS@ \
 -DLOCALEPATH=\"$(pkgdatadir)/nls\" \
 -DDEFAULTMENU=\"$(DEFAULT_MENU)\" \
 -DDEFAULTSTYLE=\"$(DEFAULT_STYLE)\" \
diff --git a/util/Makefile.am b/util/Makefile.am
index fdae4e90..3ee54335 100644
--- a/util/Makefile.am
+++ b/util/Makefile.am
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 # util/Makefile.am for Blackbox 0.61.x  - an X11 Window manager
 
-CPPFLAGS= @CPPFLAGS@ @DEBUG@ @NLS@ @TIMEDCACHE@ @NEWWMSPEC@ @INTERLACE@ \
-@ORDEREDPSEUDO@ @KDE@ @GNOME@ @XINERAMA@
-
 bin_SCRIPTS = bsetbg
 bin_PROGRAMS =		bsetroot
 bsetroot_SOURCES =	bsetroot.cc bsetroot.hh