diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 1b10a4e..af4e652 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,12 +1,16 @@
 # libsmu - simple markup
 # (c) 2007, 2008 Enno Boland
 
-include config.mk
+VERSION = 1.5
+PREFIX ?= /usr/local
+MANPREFIX ?= ${PREFIX}/share/man
+CFLAGS += -DVERSION=\"${VERSION}\"
+LDFLAGS ?=
+CC ?= cc
+SRC = smu.c
+OBJ = smu.o
 
-SRC    = smu.c
-OBJ    = ${SRC:.c=.o}
-
-all: options smu
+all: smu
 
 options:
 	@echo smu build options:
@@ -18,38 +22,32 @@ options:
 	@echo CC $<
 	@${CC} -c ${CFLAGS} $<
 
-${OBJ}: config.mk
+${OBJ}: ${SRC}
 
 smu: ${OBJ}
 	@echo LD $@
 	@${CC} -o $@ ${OBJ} ${LDFLAGS}
 
 clean:
-	@echo cleaning
-	@rm -f smu ${OBJ} ${LIBOBJ} smu-${VERSION}.tar.gz
+	rm -f smu ${OBJ} ${LIBOBJ} smu-${VERSION}.tar.gz
 
 dist: clean
-	@echo creating dist tarball
-	@mkdir -p smu-${VERSION}
-	@cp -R LICENSE Makefile config.mk smu.1 ${SRC} smu-${VERSION}
-	@tar -cf smu-${VERSION}.tar smu-${VERSION}
-	@gzip smu-${VERSION}.tar
-	@rm -rf smu-${VERSION}
+	mkdir -p smu-${VERSION}
+	cp -R LICENSE Makefile config.mk smu.1 ${SRC} smu-${VERSION}
+	tar -cf smu-${VERSION}.tar smu-${VERSION}
+	gzip smu-${VERSION}.tar
+	rm -rf smu-${VERSION}
 
 install: all
-	@echo installing executable file to ${DESTDIR}${PREFIX}/bin
-	@mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}${PREFIX}/bin
-	@cp -f smu ${DESTDIR}${PREFIX}/bin
-	@chmod 755 ${DESTDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/smu
-	@echo installing manual page to ${DESTDIR}${MANPREFIX}/man1
-	@mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}${MANPREFIX}/man1
-	@sed "s/VERSION/${VERSION}/g" < smu.1 > ${DESTDIR}${MANPREFIX}/man1/smu.1
-	@chmod 644 ${DESTDIR}${MANPREFIX}/man1/smu.1
+	mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}${PREFIX}/bin
+	cp -f smu ${DESTDIR}${PREFIX}/bin
+	chmod 755 ${DESTDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/smu
+	mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}${MANPREFIX}/man1
+	sed "s/VERSION/${VERSION}/g" < smu.1 > ${DESTDIR}${MANPREFIX}/man1/smu.1
+	chmod 644 ${DESTDIR}${MANPREFIX}/man1/smu.1
 
 uninstall:
-	@echo removing executable file from ${DESTDIR}${PREFIX}/bin
-	@rm -f ${DESTDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/smu
-	@echo removing manual page from ${DESTDIR}${MANPREFIX}/man1
-	@rm -f ${DESTDIR}${MANPREFIX}/man1/smu.1
+	rm -f ${DESTDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/smu
+	rm -f ${DESTDIR}${MANPREFIX}/man1/smu.1
 
 .PHONY: all options clean dist install uninstall