diff --git a/aconvert/makefile b/aconvert/makefile
index c6ef39483f535fa72787323fdb7e4cb9a12583d2..3a231680338f07e0ece42aa1e6120bb91510c8d2 100644
--- a/aconvert/makefile
+++ b/aconvert/makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 CC=g++
 EXECUTIBLE=aconvert
-CCFLAGS= -std=c++11 -O2 -c -Wall -I../alib/src 
-LDFLAGS= -L../alib/lib -lxml2 -lalib
+CCFLAGS= -std=c++11 -O2 -c -Wall
+LDFLAGS=
 
 SOURCES=$(shell find src/ -name *cpp)
 OBJECTS=$(patsubst src/%.cpp, obj/%.o, $(SOURCES))
diff --git a/adiff/makefile b/adiff/makefile
index 26b6837de0d3f63d299a169215fe3def32bbb480..6773028e5e1b253996e9ec04ba7f9c566a04e8dc 100644
--- a/adiff/makefile
+++ b/adiff/makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 CC=g++
 EXECUTIBLE=adiff
-CCFLAGS= -std=c++11 -O2 -c -Wall -I../alib/src 
-LDFLAGS= -L../alib/lib -lxml2 -lalib
+CCFLAGS= -std=c++11 -O2 -c -Wall
+LDFLAGS=
 
 SOURCES=$(shell find src/ -name *cpp)
 OBJECTS=$(patsubst src/%.cpp, obj/%.o, $(SOURCES))
diff --git a/adiff/src/adiff.cpp b/adiff/src/adiff.cpp
index 709cf499772fe3f5b30bb9e133933dc5e99cbbd4..6fb58b63618035b15e1a023188e21a3a82cf3085 100644
--- a/adiff/src/adiff.cpp
+++ b/adiff/src/adiff.cpp
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 #define PROGNAME    "%s/adiff.%s"
 #define VERSION     "0.0.1"
+#define USAGE       "adiff [-V] -t difftype [diff-options] input1 input2"
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 	if (argc == 2 && (!strcmp(argv[1], "-v") || !strcmp(argv[1], "--version"))) {
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 more:
 
 	if (optind == argc || difftype == NULL) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "Usage: adiff [-V] -t difftype [diff-options] input1 input2");
+		fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s\n", USAGE);
 		return EXIT_FAILURE;
 	}