diff --git a/make/defs-orig.mk b/make/defs-orig.mk
index ec94bd11..95208158 100644
--- a/make/defs-orig.mk
+++ b/make/defs-orig.mk
@@ -4,9 +4,11 @@
 # $Id$
 
 # doesn't work :-(
-#ifndef $(PROJECT)
-#	PROJECT := yannet
-#endif
+ifndef PROJECT
+	LIBNAME := yannet
+else
+	LIBNAME := $(PROJECT)
+endif
 
 VERSION                = $(shell cat $(TOPDIR)/VERSION)
 WINVERSION             = $(shell cat $(TOPDIR)/VERSION | sed -e "s/\./_/g")
@@ -21,7 +23,7 @@ LOCAL_DIST_WINVERSION  = $(shell echo $(LOCAL_WINVERSION) | sed -e "s/-dev//")
 #	TOPDIR := $(MODDIR)
 #endif
 
-LIBNAME     = $(PROJECT)
+#LIBNAME     = $(PROJECT)
 CFILES      = $(wildcard *.c)
 CPPFILES    = $(wildcard *.cc *.cpp)
 CALLSRC     = $(CFILES) $(CPPFILES)