diff -burN cgit-0.8.1.orig/Makefile cgit-0.8.1/Makefile
--- cgit-0.8.1.orig/Makefile	2008-12-10 09:59:24.000000000 +0100
+++ cgit-0.8.1/Makefile	2008-12-10 10:03:03.000000000 +0100
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 SHA1_HEADER = <openssl/sha.h>
 GIT_VER = 1.6.0.2
 GIT_URL = http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/git-$(GIT_VER).tar.bz2
+LIBDIR = /usr/lib
 
 #
 # Let the user override the above settings.
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@
 	$(QUIET_CC)$(CC) -o $*.o -c $(CFLAGS) $<
 
 
-EXTLIBS = git/libgit.a git/xdiff/lib.a -lz -lcrypto
+EXTLIBS = $(LIBDIR)/libgit.a $(LIBDIR)/libgit_xdiff.a -lz -lcrypto
 OBJECTS =
 OBJECTS += cache.o
 OBJECTS += cgit.o
@@ -97,17 +98,13 @@
 	CFLAGS += -DNO_ICONV
 endif
 
-cgit: $(OBJECTS) libgit
+cgit: $(OBJECTS)
 	$(QUIET_CC)$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o cgit $(OBJECTS) $(EXTLIBS)
 
 cgit.o: VERSION
 
 -include $(OBJECTS:.o=.d)
 
-libgit:
-	$(QUIET_SUBDIR0)git $(QUIET_SUBDIR1) libgit.a
-	$(QUIET_SUBDIR0)git $(QUIET_SUBDIR1) xdiff/lib.a
-
 test: all
 	$(QUIET_SUBDIR0)tests $(QUIET_SUBDIR1) all