diff --git a/appl/rsh/Makefile.am b/appl/rsh/Makefile.am
index 727fbaf5a..2c1aefee7 100644
--- a/appl/rsh/Makefile.am
+++ b/appl/rsh/Makefile.am
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 include $(top_srcdir)/Makefile.am.common
 
-INCLUDES += $(INCLUDE_krb4) -DBINDIR=\"$(bindir)\"
+INCLUDES += $(INCLUDE_krb4)
 
 bin_PROGRAMS = rsh
 
diff --git a/appl/xnlock/Makefile.am b/appl/xnlock/Makefile.am
index 5a2e16225..60dcbc490 100644
--- a/appl/xnlock/Makefile.am
+++ b/appl/xnlock/Makefile.am
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 include $(top_srcdir)/Makefile.am.common
 
-INCLUDES += $(INCLUDE_krb4) $(X_CFLAGS) -DBINDIR=\"$(bindir)\"
+INCLUDES += $(INCLUDE_krb4) $(X_CFLAGS)
 
 WFLAGS += $(WFLAGS_NOIMPLICITINT)