diff --git a/docs/examples/Makefile.example b/docs/examples/Makefile.example
index 632c78dd13..4031aa2e43 100644
--- a/docs/examples/Makefile.example
+++ b/docs/examples/Makefile.example
@@ -36,12 +36,12 @@ CFLAGS ?= -g
 # This should point to a directory that holds libcurl, if it is not in the
 # system's standard lib dir
 # We also set a -L to include the directory where we have the OpenSSL libraries
-LDFLAGS ?= -L/home/dast/lib -L/usr/local/ssl/lib
+LDFLAGS ?= -L/usr/lib -L/usr/local/lib
 
 # We need -lsocket and -lnsl when on Solaris
 # We need -lssl and -lcrypto when using libcurl with TLS support
 # We need -lpthread for the pthread example
-LIBS ?= -lsocket -lnsl -lssl -lcrypto
+LIBS ?= -lssl -lcrypto
 # We need -lcurl for the curl stuff
 LIBS := -lcurl $(LIBS)