diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 7d80893..a2c49c8 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ COM =\
 	components/volume\
 	components/$(OS)/wifi
 
+SLSCFLAGS  = -I$(X11INC) -D_DEFAULT_SOURCE $(CFLAGS)
+SLSLDFLAGS = -L$(X11LIB) $(LDFLAGS)
+SLSLIBS    = -lX11 $(OSSLIBS) $(LIBS)
+
 all: slstatus
 
 slstatus: slstatus.o $(COM:=.o) $(REQ:=.o)
@@ -37,10 +41,10 @@ config.h:
 	cp config.def.h $@
 
 .o:
-	$(CC) -o $@ $(LDFLAGS) $< $(COM:=.o) $(REQ:=.o) $(LDLIBS)
+	$(CC) -o $@ $(SLSLDFLAGS) $< $(COM:=.o) $(REQ:=.o) $(SLSLIBS)
 
 .c.o:
-	$(CC) -o $@ -c $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $<
+	$(CC) -o $@ -c $(SLSCFLAGS) $<
 
 clean:
 	rm -f slstatus slstatus.o $(COM:=.o) $(REQ:=.o)
diff --git a/config.mk b/config.mk
index a148da4..bb2324f 100644
--- a/config.mk
+++ b/config.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ VERSION = 0
 # customize below to fit your system
 
 # paths
-PREFIX = /usr/local
+PREFIX    = /usr/local
 MANPREFIX = ${PREFIX}/share/man
 
 X11INC = /usr/X11R6/include
@@ -14,10 +14,6 @@ X11LIB = /usr/X11R6/lib
 #OSSLIBS = -lossaudio
 
 # flags
-CPPFLAGS = -I$(X11INC) -D_DEFAULT_SOURCE
 CFLAGS   = -std=c99 -pedantic -Wall -Wextra -Os
-LDFLAGS  = -L$(X11LIB) -s
-LDLIBS   = -lX11 ${OSSLIBS}
-
-# compiler and linker
-CC = cc
+LDFLAGS  = -s
+LIBS     =