diff --git a/acat2/makefile b/acat2/makefile
index eb7d7e9f27665f0eff7b24743a279f96ae5e86cc..83d14c4db210c562eb5247b49de0825094edf171 100644
--- a/acat2/makefile
+++ b/acat2/makefile
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ test-obj/makefile:
 	echo "SRCDIR:=" >> $@
 	echo "DEPTH:=" >> $@
 	echo "" >> $@
-	echo "CXXFLAGS:= -std=c++11 -Og -g -c -Wall -pedantic -Wextra -I../\$$(DEPTH)src/ -I/usr/include/libxml2/" >> $@
+	echo "CXXFLAGS:= -std=c++11 -Og -g -c -Wall -pedantic -Wextra -I../\$$(DEPTH)src/" >> $@
 	echo "" >> $@
 	echo "SOURCES:= \$$(shell find ../\$$(DEPTH)test-src/\$$(SRCDIR) -maxdepth 1 -type f -name \"*.cpp\")" >> $@
 	echo "DEPENDENCIES:= \$$(patsubst ../\$$(DEPTH)test-src/\$$(SRCDIR)%.cpp, ../\$$(DEPTH)test-obj/\$$(SRCDIR)%.d, \$$(SOURCES))" >> $@
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ test-obj/: FORCE | test-obj/makefile
 $(TEST_OBJECTS): test-obj/
 
 test: test-bin/$(TESTBIN)
-	LD_LIBRARY_PATH=../alib2data/lib test-bin/$(TESTBIN)
+	LD_LIBRARY_PATH="../alib2data/lib" test-bin/$(TESTBIN)
 
 
 
diff --git a/alib2data/makefile b/alib2data/makefile
index c407d6c66fe1fe8cc2ab15dadd837b6d1de77787..fa998b0db546264ea93f7f32c2ada94d47820fff 100644
--- a/alib2data/makefile
+++ b/alib2data/makefile
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ test-obj/: FORCE | test-obj/makefile
 $(TEST_OBJECTS): test-obj/
 
 test: test-bin/$(TESTBIN)
-	LD_LIBRARY_PATH=lib test-bin/$(TESTBIN)
+	LD_LIBRARY_PATH="lib" test-bin/$(TESTBIN)