diff --git a/examples/Makefile.am b/examples/Makefile.am
index 63f53769b374aea9705041b04951bbfb02c3b776..c0af64138682c5bb44d3c299638a952f224b8b4e 100644
--- a/examples/Makefile.am
+++ b/examples/Makefile.am
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-CFLAGS = -I$(top_srcdir) @CFLAGS@
-CPPFLAGS = @CPPFLAGS@
-
 # We need .. to be searched before standard places, in order to pick
 # up the newly built libnettle.a/libnettle.so, rather than any
 # installed version.