diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d7596a1a..dd7b97b6 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ CMD_STATICCHECK ?= staticcheck
 # libs
 #
 
+LIB_BPF ?= libbpf
 LIB_ELF ?= libelf
 LIB_ZLIB ?= zlib
 
@@ -279,8 +280,6 @@ OUTPUT_DIR = ./dist
 $(OUTPUT_DIR):
 #
 	@$(CMD_MKDIR) -p $@
-	@$(CMD_MKDIR) -p $@/libbpf
-	@$(CMD_MKDIR) -p $@/libbpf/obj
 
 #
 # embedded btfhub
@@ -418,7 +417,6 @@ TRACEE_EBPF_OBJ_CORE_HEADERS = $(shell find pkg/ebpf/c -name *.h)
 bpf-core: $(OUTPUT_DIR)/tracee.bpf.core.o
 
 $(OUTPUT_DIR)/tracee.bpf.core.o: \
-	$(OUTPUT_DIR)/libbpf/libbpf.a \
 	$(TRACEE_EBPF_OBJ_SRC) \
 	$(TRACEE_EBPF_OBJ_CORE_HEADERS)
 #
@@ -453,8 +451,8 @@ ifeq ($(STATIC), 1)
     GO_TAGS_EBPF := $(GO_TAGS_EBPF),netgo
 endif
 
-CUSTOM_CGO_CFLAGS = "-I$(abspath $(OUTPUT_DIR)/libbpf)"
-CUSTOM_CGO_LDFLAGS = "$(shell $(call pkg_config, $(LIB_ELF))) $(shell $(call pkg_config, $(LIB_ZLIB))) $(abspath $(OUTPUT_DIR)/libbpf/libbpf.a)"
+CUSTOM_CGO_CFLAGS = ""
+CUSTOM_CGO_LDFLAGS = "$(shell $(call pkg_config, $(LIB_BPF))) $(shell $(call pkg_config, $(LIB_ELF))) $(shell $(call pkg_config, $(LIB_ZLIB)))"
 
 GO_ENV_EBPF =
 GO_ENV_EBPF += GOOS=linux
@@ -474,6 +472,7 @@ $(OUTPUT_DIR)/tracee-ebpf: \
 	$(TRACEE_EBPF_SRC) \
 	./embedded-ebpf.go \
 	| .checkver_$(CMD_GO) \
+	.checklib_$(LIB_BPF) \
 	.checklib_$(LIB_ELF) \
 	.checklib_$(LIB_ZLIB) \
 	btfhub