diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index ff5fec1b8..d50973faf 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ endif
 lib_LTLIBRARIES = libgtsam.la
 libgtsam_la_SOURCES = 
 nodist_EXTRA_libgtsam_la_SOURCES = dummy.cxx
-libgtsam_la_LIBADD = $(SUBLIBS) -L$(SparseLib) -lcolamd -lccolamd
+libgtsam_la_LIBADD = $(SUBLIBS) -L$(SparseLib) -lccolamd
 libgtsam_la_LDFLAGS = -no-undefined -version-info 0:0:0
 
 if USE_ACCELERATE_MACOS
diff --git a/inference/Makefile.am b/inference/Makefile.am
index b6a17320c..440b7284a 100644
--- a/inference/Makefile.am
+++ b/inference/Makefile.am
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ AM_CXXFLAGS =
 # rules to build local programs
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 TESTS = $(check_PROGRAMS)
-AM_LDFLAGS = $(BOOST_LDFLAGS) $(boost_serialization) -L$(SparseLib) -lcolamd -lccolamd
+AM_LDFLAGS = $(BOOST_LDFLAGS) $(boost_serialization) -L$(SparseLib) -lccolamd
 LDADD = libinference.la ../base/libbase.la
 LDADD += ../CppUnitLite/libCppUnitLite.a
 AM_DEFAULT_SOURCE_EXT = .cpp
diff --git a/linear/Makefile.am b/linear/Makefile.am
index b2ecbb940..16ebea269 100644
--- a/linear/Makefile.am
+++ b/linear/Makefile.am
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ AM_CXXFLAGS =
 # rules to build local programs
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 TESTS = $(check_PROGRAMS)
-AM_LDFLAGS = $(BOOST_LDFLAGS) $(boost_serialization) -L$(SparseLib) -lcolamd -lccolamd
+AM_LDFLAGS = $(BOOST_LDFLAGS) $(boost_serialization) -L$(SparseLib) -lccolamd
 LDADD = liblinear.la ../inference/libinference.la ../base/libbase.la
 LDADD += ../CppUnitLite/libCppUnitLite.a
 AM_DEFAULT_SOURCE_EXT = .cpp
diff --git a/nonlinear/Makefile.am b/nonlinear/Makefile.am
index d4bf683ea..e748dcd0a 100644
--- a/nonlinear/Makefile.am
+++ b/nonlinear/Makefile.am
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ AM_CXXFLAGS =
 # rules to build local programs
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 TESTS = $(check_PROGRAMS)
-AM_LDFLAGS = $(BOOST_LDFLAGS) $(boost_serialization) -L$(SparseLib) -lcolamd -lccolamd
+AM_LDFLAGS = $(BOOST_LDFLAGS) $(boost_serialization) -L$(SparseLib) -lccolamd
 LDADD = libnonlinear.la ../linear/liblinear.la ../inference/libinference.la ../base/libbase.la
 LDADD += ../CppUnitLite/libCppUnitLite.a
 AM_DEFAULT_SOURCE_EXT = .cpp
diff --git a/slam/Makefile.am b/slam/Makefile.am
index d6e5bdeeb..d5b6f782b 100644
--- a/slam/Makefile.am
+++ b/slam/Makefile.am
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ AM_CPPFLAGS = -I$(boost) -I$(SparseInc) -I$(top_srcdir)/..
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 TESTS = $(check_PROGRAMS)
 AM_DEFAULT_SOURCE_EXT = .cpp
-AM_LDFLAGS = $(BOOST_LDFLAGS) $(boost_serialization) -L$(SparseLib) -lcolamd -lccolamd
+AM_LDFLAGS = $(BOOST_LDFLAGS) $(boost_serialization) -L$(SparseLib) -lccolamd
 LDADD = libslam.la ../geometry/libgeometry.la  ../nonlinear/libnonlinear.la ../linear/liblinear.la ../inference/libinference.la ../base/libbase.la
 LDADD += ../CppUnitLite/libCppUnitLite.a