diff -Nru cgit-0.8.3.4.orig/Makefile cgit-0.8.3.4/Makefile
--- cgit-0.8.3.4.orig/Makefile	2010-09-27 08:00:47.000000000 +0200
+++ cgit-0.8.3.4/Makefile	2013-08-12 15:05:18.796843671 +0200
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 GIT_VER = 1.7.3
 GIT_URL = http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/git-$(GIT_VER).tar.bz2
 INSTALL = install
+LIBDIR := /usr/lib
 
 # Define NO_STRCASESTR if you don't have strcasestr.
 #
@@ -68,7 +69,7 @@
 	$(QUIET_CC)$(CC) -o $*.o -c $(CFLAGS) $<
 
 
-EXTLIBS = git/libgit.a git/xdiff/lib.a -lz -lcrypto -lpthread
+EXTLIBS = $(LIBDIR)/libgit.a $(LIBDIR)/libgit_xdiff.a -lz -lcrypto -lpthread
 OBJECTS =
 OBJECTS += cache.o
 OBJECTS += cgit.o
@@ -124,17 +125,13 @@
 	CFLAGS += -DNO_STRCASESTR
 endif
 
-cgit: $(OBJECTS) libgit
+cgit: $(OBJECTS)
 	$(QUIET_CC)$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o cgit $(OBJECTS) $(EXTLIBS)
 
 cgit.o: VERSION
 
 -include $(OBJECTS:.o=.d)
 
-libgit:
-	$(QUIET_SUBDIR0)git $(QUIET_SUBDIR1) NO_CURL=1 libgit.a
-	$(QUIET_SUBDIR0)git $(QUIET_SUBDIR1) NO_CURL=1 xdiff/lib.a
-
 test: all
 	$(QUIET_SUBDIR0)tests $(QUIET_SUBDIR1) all