diff --git a/make/defs.mk b/make/defs.mk
index 26cf1f3c..8bc449e3 100644
--- a/make/defs.mk
+++ b/make/defs.mk
@@ -681,8 +681,12 @@ ifeq ($(STRIP_SYMBOLS),true)
 	STRIP_DONE  ?= strip.done
 endif
 
-INCLUDE               += $(LOCAL_INCLUDE) -I. $(PROJECT_INCLUDE) -I$(TOPDIR)/include 
+INCLUDE               += $(LOCAL_INCLUDE) -I.
+
+ifeq ($(USE_PROJECT_LIB),true)
+INCLUDE               += $(PROJECT_INCLUDE) -I$(TOPDIR)/include 
 LIBFLAGS              += -L$(BUILD_LIBDIR)
+endif
 
 # -- use of supplementary libraries
 
diff --git a/make/exe.mk b/make/exe.mk
index e0300744..22cea60d 100644
--- a/make/exe.mk
+++ b/make/exe.mk
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ debug: gdb
 
 clean: execlean localclean profclean
 
+ifeq ($(USE_PROJECT_LIB),true)
 $(LIB_SO): $(LIB_A)
 $(EXE): $(LIB_SO)
+endif
 all.dirs:
 
diff --git a/make/rules.mk b/make/rules.mk
index 30d6a542..9ebdd015 100644
--- a/make/rules.mk
+++ b/make/rules.mk
@@ -252,23 +252,20 @@ endif
 ifeq ($(USE_PROJECT_LIB),true)
   ifeq ($(LIBTYPE),shared)
     $(EXE) $(EXE_BIN): $(OBJ) $(LIB_SO)
-  else
-    $(EXE) $(EXE_BIN): $(OBJ) $(LIB_A)
-  endif
-else
-  $(EXE) $(EXE_BIN): $(OBJ)
-endif
-	$(CPP) $(sort $(OBJ)) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ 
-
-ifeq ($(USE_PROJECT_LIB),true)
-  ifeq ($(LIBTYPE),shared)
     $(PLUGIN) $(PLUGIN_LIB): $(OBJ) $(LIB_SO)
   else
+    $(EXE) $(EXE_BIN): $(OBJ) $(LIB_A)
     $(PLUGIN) $(PLUGIN_LIB): $(OBJ) $(LIB_A)
   endif
 else
+  $(EXE) $(EXE_BIN): $(OBJ)
   $(PLUGIN) $(PLUGIN_LIB): $(OBJ)
 endif
+
+$(EXE) $(EXE_BIN):
+	$(CPP) $(sort $(OBJ)) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ 
+
+$(PLUGIN) $(PLUGIN_LIB):
 	$(CPP) -shared $(sort $(OBJ)) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ 
 #	mkdir -p $(BUILD_LIBDIR)
 #	install -m 755 $@ $(BUILD_LIBDIR)