diff --git a/libs/libcodec2/Makefile.am b/libs/libcodec2/Makefile.am
index 8c24f42fe4..1aa4a11879 100644
--- a/libs/libcodec2/Makefile.am
+++ b/libs/libcodec2/Makefile.am
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 AM_CFLAGS = -Isrc -fPIC -Wall -O3 -lm
-AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = gnu subdir-objects
+AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = gnu 
 NAME = codec2
 AM_CPPFLAGS = $(AM_CFLAGS)
 
diff --git a/libs/libcodec2/src/Makefile.am b/libs/libcodec2/src/Makefile.am
index f06c42e0f6..1153b3ccbd 100644
--- a/libs/libcodec2/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/libs/libcodec2/src/Makefile.am
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 AM_CFLAGS = -I../src -fPIC -Wall -O3 -g
-AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = gnu subdir-objects
+AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = gnu 
 NAME = codec2
 AM_CPPFLAGS = $(AM_CFLAGS)
 
diff --git a/libs/libcodec2/unittest/Makefile.am b/libs/libcodec2/unittest/Makefile.am
index e9a216d48e..a8f12a0c00 100644
--- a/libs/libcodec2/unittest/Makefile.am
+++ b/libs/libcodec2/unittest/Makefile.am
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 AM_CFLAGS = -I../src -I$(abs_srcdir)/../src -fPIC -g  -DFLOATING_POINT -DVAR_ARRAYS -O2 -Wall
-AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = gnu subdir-objects
+AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = gnu 
 NAME = libcodec2
 AM_CPPFLAGS = $(AM_CFLAGS)