diff --git a/libavcodec/Makefile b/libavcodec/Makefile
index 05d29557978b0fe7fee5d221ec830a46ff5f7875..15aaee11ce75e752bf1251ddaed07ca84bd5496e 100644
--- a/libavcodec/Makefile
+++ b/libavcodec/Makefile
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ OBJS+= liba52/bit_allocate.o liba52/bitstream.o liba52/downmix.o \
 endif
 endif
 
-EXTRALIBS += -L$(SRC_PATH)/libavutil -lavutil$(BUILDSUF)
+EXTRALIBS += -L../libavutil -lavutil$(BUILDSUF)
 
 # currently using libdts for dts decoding
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_DTS),yes)
diff --git a/libavformat/Makefile b/libavformat/Makefile
index 9d921f1ded7000306f1708541e8e046bbb359a27..6352f935d569e6226e59abfdc0e0aa563ac0a913 100644
--- a/libavformat/Makefile
+++ b/libavformat/Makefile
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ ifeq ($(CONFIG_AUDIO_OSS),yes)
 OBJS+= audio.o 
 endif
 
-EXTRALIBS += -L$(SRC_PATH)/libavutil -lavutil$(BUILDSUF)
+EXTRALIBS += -L../libavutil -lavutil$(BUILDSUF)
 
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_AUDIO_BEOS),yes)
 PPOBJS+= beosaudio.o