diff --git a/make.tmpl.in b/make.tmpl.in
index 5e07ca978..e7e56baab 100644
--- a/make.tmpl.in
+++ b/make.tmpl.in
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ SUFFIXES=.c .d .o
 
 CFLAGS+=-g -Wall -DDEBUG_MEM -DBOUNDS_CHECK -DDEBUG
 INCLUDES+=-I. -I$(top_srcdir)/include
-INC_LNS=$(top_srcdir)\\/include\\/.symlinks_created
+INC_LNS=$(top_srcdir)/include/.symlinks_created
 
 ifeq ("@READLINE@", "yes")
   CFLAGS += -DREADLINE_SUPPORT
@@ -89,8 +89,9 @@ $(SUBDIRS.distclean):
 
 %.d: %.c
 	set -e; FILE=`echo $@ | sed 's/\\//\\\\\\//g;s/\\.d//g'`; \
+		INC_LNS=`echo $(INC_LNS) | sed -e 's/\\//\\\\\\//g'`; \
 		$(CC) -MM $(INCLUDES) $< | \
-		sed "s/\(.*\)\.o[ :]*/$$FILE.o $$FILE.d : $(INC_LNS) /g" > $@; \
+		sed "s/\(.*\)\.o[ :]*/$$FILE.o $$FILE.d : $$INC_LNS /g" > $@; \
 		[ -s $@ ] || $(RM) $@
 
 clean: $(SUBDIRS.clean)
diff --git a/old-tests/mm/Makefile.in b/old-tests/mm/Makefile.in
index ac6d8f00f..fc1e06ca3 100644
--- a/old-tests/mm/Makefile.in
+++ b/old-tests/mm/Makefile.in
@@ -9,12 +9,12 @@ top_srcdir = @top_srcdir@
 VPATH = @srcdir@
 
 SOURCES=\
-	./dbg_malloc_t.c
+	dbg_malloc_t.c
 
 TARGETS=dbg_malloc_t
 
 include ../../make.tmpl
 
 dbg_malloc_t: dbg_malloc_t.o
-	gcc $(CFLAGS) -o dbg_malloc_t dbg_malloc_t.o -L../../lib -llvm
+	$(CC) -o dbg_malloc_t dbg_malloc_t.o -L$(top_srcdir)/lib -llvm