diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 500e52e7c323cb9a54c31c5d13cfd43a224f1840..75a2e49df9978b6383cf26aa2ad88be12d501164 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 CFLAGS = -g -O0 -Wall
 
-
 all: swiftmpistepsim
 
 swiftmpistepsim: swiftmpistepsim.c mpiuse.c mpiuse.h atomic.h cycle.h clocks.h clocks.c
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o swiftmpistepsim swiftmpistepsim.c mpiuse.c clocks.c -I/usr/include/mpi -lmpi -lpthread
+	mpicc $(CFLAGS) -o swiftmpistepsim swiftmpistepsim.c mpiuse.c clocks.c
 
 clean:
-	rm swiftmpistepsim
+	rm -f swiftmpistepsim