diff --git a/unit/GNUmakefile b/unit/GNUmakefile
index 22f02b9b..12850108 100644
--- a/unit/GNUmakefile
+++ b/unit/GNUmakefile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ RANLIB              = ranlib
 RM                  = rm -f
 AR                  = ar ruv
 TARGET              = unit
-LDFLAGS             = -L../lib -L$(CPPUNIT)/lib -ldl
+LDFLAGS             = -L$(CPPUNIT)/lib -ldl
 
 VPATH=.:../src:../src/phreeqcpp:../src/phreeqcpp/phreeqc