diff --git a/examples/Makefile.in b/examples/Makefile.in
index 5fb9c8b37c..8895cb4f90 100644
--- a/examples/Makefile.in
+++ b/examples/Makefile.in
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ srcdir=@srcdir@
 ## Replace building CC with the just installed h5cc
 H5CC=$(bindir)/h5cc
 H5CC_PP=$(bindir)/h5pcc
-CPPFLAGS=-I. -I$(srcdir) -I$(top_builddir)/src -I$(top_srcdir)/src @CPPFLAGS@
+CPPFLAGS=-I. -I$(srcdir)
 CFLAGS=
 
 ## These are the programs that `make all' or `make tests' will build and which