--- inotify-tools-3.20.1/src/Makefile.am
+++ inotify-tools-3.20.1/src/Makefile.am
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 inotifywait_SOURCES = inotifywait.c common.c common.h
 inotifywatch_SOURCES = inotifywatch.c common.c common.h
 
-AM_CFLAGS = -Wall -Werror -Wpointer-arith -std=c99 -I../libinotifytools/src -L../libinotifytools/src
+AM_CFLAGS = -Wall -Werror -Wpointer-arith -std=c99 -I../libinotifytools/src
 AM_CPPFLAGS = -I$(top_srcdir)/libinotifytools/src
 LDADD = ../libinotifytools/src/libinotifytools.la