diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 2f51bfc..395d6f1 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 CC=			gcc
 CFLAGS=		-g -Wall -O2
 #LDFLAGS=		-Wl,-rpath,\$$ORIGIN/../lib
-DFLAGS=		-D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_USE_KNETFILE -D_CURSES_LIB=1
+DFLAGS=		-D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_USE_KNETFILE # -D_CURSES_LIB=1
 KNETFILE_O=	knetfile.o
 LOBJS=		bgzf.o kstring.o bam_aux.o bam.o bam_import.o sam.o bam_index.o	\
 			bam_pileup.o bam_lpileup.o bam_md.o razf.o faidx.o bedidx.o \
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ PROG=		samtools
 INCLUDES=	-I.
 SUBDIRS=	. bcftools misc
 LIBPATH=
-LIBCURSES=	-lcurses # -lXCurses
+LIBCURSES=	# -lcurses # -lXCurses
 
 .SUFFIXES:.c .o
 .PHONY: all lib