diff --git a/backends/dc/Makefile b/backends/dc/Makefile
index ea0e095aff0..3b18d8af98e 100644
--- a/backends/dc/Makefile
+++ b/backends/dc/Makefile
@@ -2,14 +2,14 @@
 
 ronindir = /usr/local/ronin
 
-VPATH = ../..
 srcdir = ../..
+VPATH = $(srcdir)
 
 CXX     = sh-elf-g++ -ml -m4-single-only
 CXXFLAGS= -O1 -Wno-multichar -funroll-loops -fschedule-insns2 -fomit-frame-pointer -fdelete-null-pointer-checks -fno-exceptions
 DEFINES = -D__DC__ -DNONSTANDARD_PORT
 LDFLAGS := -Wl,-Ttext,0x8c010000 -nostartfiles $(ronindir)/lib/crt0.o
-INCLUDES:= -I./ -I../.. -I../../common -I$(ronindir)/include/
+INCLUDES:= -I./ -I$(srcdir) -I$(srcdir)/common -I$(ronindir)/include/
 CPPFLAGS= $(DEFINES) $(INCLUDES)
 LIBS	= -L$(ronindir)/lib -lronin -lz -lm
 EXEEXT = .elf
@@ -24,16 +24,9 @@ RANLIB = sh-elf-ranlib
 OBJS :=	dcmain.o time.o display.o audio.o input.o selector.o icon.o \
 	label.o vmsave.o backends/fs/posix/posix-fs.o
 
-include ../../Makefile.common
+include $(srcdir)/Makefile.common
 
 INCS	+= portdefs.h dc.h
-LIBS    := scumm/libscumm.a common/libcommon.a $(LIBS)
 
 $(OBJS): Makefile
 
-%/module.mk :
-	@mkdir -p $*
-	@test -h common.rules || ln -s ../../common.rules ./
-	@test ! -f ../../$@ || \
-	  ln -s `echo $* | sed -e 's/[^/][^/]*/../g'`/../../$@ $@
-