diff --git a/src/libraries/libansi/Makefile b/src/libraries/libansi/Makefile
index 0f5c3b56f7422d2135d34c30c680899f5ac44d88..f50b9d682d94af7680553ac357f90d6d85360a38 100644
--- a/src/libraries/libansi/Makefile
+++ b/src/libraries/libansi/Makefile
@@ -13,14 +13,14 @@ all:	$(LIBNAME)
 
 libmisc.a: $(LIBOBJS)
 	$(AR) $(ARFLAGS) $(LIBNAME) $?
-	ranlib $(LIBNAME)
+	$(RANLIB) $(LIBNAME)
 
 includes:;
 
 libraries: $(LIBNAME)
 	$(RM) $(LIBDIR)/$(LIBNAME)
 	cp $(LIBNAME) $(LIBDIR)/$(LIBNAME)
-	ranlib $(LIBDIR)/$(LIBNAME)
+	$(RANLIB) $(LIBDIR)/$(LIBNAME)
 
 binaries:;
 
diff --git a/src/libraries/libcommon/Makefile b/src/libraries/libcommon/Makefile
index a2815cd00648928ecf5149afdf0c77016bb8f008..03c126496e9a8cb13e5f424df044c05a2e8c7caa 100644
--- a/src/libraries/libcommon/Makefile
+++ b/src/libraries/libcommon/Makefile
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ server-dir:
 .PHONY: liblyskom-server.a
 liblyskom-server.a: server-dir
 	(cd server-dir;$(MAKE) $(EXPORTS) -f ../Makefile ../$@ TARGET=-DSERVER)
-	ranlib $@
+	$(RANLIB) $@
 
 
 ../liblyskom-server.a: $(LIBOBJS) 
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ liblyskom-server.a: server-dir
 .PHONY: liblyskom-client.a
 liblyskom-client.a: client-dir
 	(cd client-dir;$(MAKE) $(EXPORTS) -f ../Makefile ../$@ TARGET=-DCLIENT)
-	ranlib $@
+	$(RANLIB) $@
 
 
 ../liblyskom-client.a: $(LIBOBJS) 
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ clean:
 libraries: includes all 
 	(cd $(LIBDIR); $(RM)  $(LIBRARIES))
 	cp $(LIBRARIES) $(LIBDIR)
-	(cd $(LIBDIR); ranlib -t $(LIBRARIES))
+	(cd $(LIBDIR); $(TOUCHLIB) $(LIBRARIES))
 
 include $(SCRIPTDIR)/install-includes.make
 
diff --git a/src/libraries/libmisc/Makefile b/src/libraries/libmisc/Makefile
index 550e8a5cc6a6cb8021037c17939c96771e2a6add..5288470bb143244c42147e3c876c4c71e307e8c0 100644
--- a/src/libraries/libmisc/Makefile
+++ b/src/libraries/libmisc/Makefile
@@ -15,12 +15,12 @@ all:	$(LIBNAME)
 
 $(LIBNAME): $(LIBOBJS)
 	$(AR) $(ARFLAGS) $(LIBNAME) $?
-	ranlib $(LIBNAME)
+	$(RANLIB) $(LIBNAME)
 
 libraries: $(LIBNAME)
 	$(RM) $(LIBDIR)/$(LIBNAME)
 	cp $(LIBNAME) $(LIBDIR)/$(LIBNAME)
-	ranlib -t $(LIBDIR)/$(LIBNAME)
+	$(TOUCHLIB) $(LIBDIR)/$(LIBNAME)
 
 include $(SCRIPTDIR)/install-includes.make