diff --git a/externals/autotune/Makefile b/externals/autotune/Makefile
index abd41373dd10a7bb2122905607bccc0d63aceed6..ed41cb625a2a24f123768bd803a3c4e11352edb1 100644
--- a/externals/autotune/Makefile
+++ b/externals/autotune/Makefile
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ ifeq ($(UNAME),Darwin)
     endif
     CFLAGS += $(FAT_FLAGS) -fPIC \
       -I/Applications/Pd-extended.app/Contents/Resources/include
-    LDFLAGS += $(FAT_FLAGS) -bundle -undefined dynamic_lookup -L/opt/local/lib
+    LDFLAGS += $(FAT_FLAGS) -bundle -undefined dynamic_lookup
     # if the 'pd' binary exists, check the linking against it to aid with stripping
     LDFLAGS += $(shell test -e $(PD_PATH)/bin/pd && echo -bundle_loader $(PD_PATH)/bin/pd)
     LIBS += -lc 
diff --git a/externals/tb/sndfiler/src/Makefile.pd_main b/externals/tb/sndfiler/src/Makefile.pd_main
index f4a407120e0cd2c2234f558e3625e571155444cd..e85e252a41f0765c5bace1eba1b3b0e2837d8aae 100755
--- a/externals/tb/sndfiler/src/Makefile.pd_main
+++ b/externals/tb/sndfiler/src/Makefile.pd_main
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ pd_darwin: $(NAME).pd_darwin
 CC_DARWIN = -pthread
 LD_DARWIN = -bundle -undefined suppress -flat_namespace \
             -bundle_loader $(PD_PATH)/bin/pd --export-dynamic \
-            -L/opt/local/lib -lsndfile -lvorbisfile \
+            -lsndfile -lvorbisfile \
             $(THREADLIB_PATH)/threadlib.pd_darwin
 
 .c.pd_darwin: