diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 32e8604eb..432cab83b 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ before_install:
 
 script:
   - ./configure --enable-sdl --prefix=$PWD/local && make -j8 && make install  # build from checkoout
-  - make dist && tar -zxf projectM-*.tar.gz && cd projectM-* && ./configure --enable-sdl --prefix=$PWD/local && make -j8 && make install  # build from dist\
+  - make dist && tar -zxf projectM-*.tar.gz && cd projectM-* && ./configure --enable-sdl --prefix=$PWD/distbuild && make -j8 && make install  # build from dist\
   - echo "PWD $PWD"
   - ls .
   - test -e src/projectM-sdl/projectMSDL
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index 19f90444b..ea0af3a36 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-PROJECTM_SDL_SUBDIR=
-PROJECTM_QT_SUBDIR=
-
 if ENABLE_SDL
   PROJECTM_SDL_SUBDIR = projectM-sdl
 endif