--- hashdeep/Makefile.am
+++ hashdeep/Makefile.am
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-# The math library is required for floor()
-AM_LDFLAGS = -lm
 INCLUDES   = -I@top_srcdir@/include
 COMMON_DIR = @top_srcdir@/common
 
@@ -26,7 +24,8 @@
 # don't have it yet (e.g. OpenSolaris). We if don't have strsep
 # we compile it ourselves using a local copy.
 EXTRA_hashdeep_SOURCES = lib-strsep.c
-hashdeep_LDADD = ${EXTRA_HASHDEEP}
+# The math library is required for floor()
+hashdeep_LDADD = ${EXTRA_HASHDEEP} -lm
 hashdeep_DEPENDENCIES = ${EXTRA_HASHDEEP}
 
 EXTRA_DIST = main.h strsep.h ${man_MANS}
--- md5deep/Makefile.am
+++ md5deep/Makefile.am
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-AM_LDFLAGS = -lm
+LDADD = -lm
 INCLUDES   = -I@top_srcdir@/include
 COMMON_DIR = @top_srcdir@/common