diff --git a/libs/libspeakup/Makefile.am b/libs/libspeakup/Makefile.am
index 7c923126d9..e27c9d16e8 100644
--- a/libs/libspeakup/Makefile.am
+++ b/libs/libspeakup/Makefile.am
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 EXTRA_DIST =
 SUBDIRS = 
 AUTOMAKE_OPTS= gnu
-MAKE=make
 NAME=speakup
 PREFIX=$(prefix)
 AM_CFLAGS	= $(new_AM_CFLAGS) -I. -I./src -I$(prefix)/include
diff --git a/libs/libspeakup/Makefile.in b/libs/libspeakup/Makefile.in
index d9e919d517..2014d184ee 100644
--- a/libs/libspeakup/Makefile.in
+++ b/libs/libspeakup/Makefile.in
@@ -206,7 +206,6 @@ target_alias = @target_alias@
 EXTRA_DIST = 
 SUBDIRS = 
 AUTOMAKE_OPTS = gnu
-MAKE = make
 NAME = speakup
 PREFIX = $(prefix)
 AM_CFLAGS = $(new_AM_CFLAGS) -I. -I./src -I$(prefix)/include