diff --git a/mex/build/libdynare++.am b/mex/build/libdynare++.am
index 668ed89d77972eddd49fc7d95e64279d7e470174..b762f65500d9bc0a324a479aba2f2c16a3c1f471 100644
--- a/mex/build/libdynare++.am
+++ b/mex/build/libdynare++.am
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-mex_LIBRARIES = libdynare++.a
+noinst_LIBRARIES = libdynare++.a
 
 libdynare___a_CPPFLAGS = $(AM_CPPFLAGS) -I$(top_srcdir)/../../../dynare++/src -I$(top_srcdir)/../../../dynare++/kord -I$(top_srcdir)/../../../dynare++/tl/cc -I$(top_srcdir)/../../../dynare++/utils/cc -I$(top_srcdir)/../../../dynare++/sylv/cc -I$(top_srcdir)/../../../dynare++/integ/cc -I$(top_srcdir)/../../sources $(CPPFLAGS_MATIO)
 
diff --git a/mex/build/matlab/mex.am b/mex/build/matlab/mex.am
index 29eb2d81ba1469c40c6692e5b91305812c352076..835b6c3bf7a2d89e341d3a4a63c543cbf65742f0 100644
--- a/mex/build/matlab/mex.am
+++ b/mex/build/matlab/mex.am
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ DEFS += -DMEXEXT=\"$(MEXEXT)\"
 AM_LDFLAGS = $(MATLAB_LDFLAGS)
 LIBS += $(MATLAB_LIBS)
 
-mexdir = $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/dynare/mex/matlab
+mexdir = $(libdir)/dynare/mex/matlab
 
 all-local:
 	$(MKDIR_P) $(top_srcdir)/../../matlab
diff --git a/mex/build/octave/mex.am b/mex/build/octave/mex.am
index 6184ebc994171d1f20f25d454f0ed2fdf393dd8c..999f5b96d5565a437518f86fab43f5e2923109f6 100644
--- a/mex/build/octave/mex.am
+++ b/mex/build/octave/mex.am
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ LIBS += $(shell $(MKOCTFILE) -p FFTW_LIBS)
 LIBS += $(shell $(MKOCTFILE) -p LIBS)
 LIBS += $(shell $(MKOCTFILE) -p FLIBS)
 
-mexdir = $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/dynare/mex/octave
+mexdir = $(libdir)/dynare/mex/octave
 
 all-local:
 	$(MKDIR_P) $(top_srcdir)/../../octave
diff --git a/preprocessor/Makefile.am b/preprocessor/Makefile.am
index 5976aac9ab7707bb6aaf00c1c074e24e314ee410..94179229e2e6b7dc9324a21ecee139bd777200bf 100644
--- a/preprocessor/Makefile.am
+++ b/preprocessor/Makefile.am
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ SUBDIRS = macro
 
 BUILT_SOURCES = DynareBison.hh stack.hh position.hh location.hh DynareBison.cc DynareFlex.cc FlexLexer.h
 
-matlabdir = $(DESTDIR)$(pkglibdir)/matlab
+matlabdir = $(pkglibdir)/matlab
 
 matlab_PROGRAMS = dynare_m