diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index d8466f0b1da4cf43ce9686f187f1c23b13e6eb00..2531ac58ade0868dac1e1eb2ae10626c05274dbc 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -1005,9 +1005,9 @@ virt_aa_helper_LDFLAGS = $(WARN_CFLAGS)
 virt_aa_helper_LDADD =						\
 		$(WARN_CFLAGS)					\
 		$(LIBXML_LIBS)					\
-		@top_srcdir@/src/libvirt_conf.la		\
-		@top_srcdir@/src/libvirt_util.la		\
-		@top_srcdir@/gnulib/lib/libgnu.la
+		libvirt_conf.la					\
+		libvirt_util.la					\
+		../gnulib/lib/libgnu.la
 virt_aa_helper_CFLAGS =						\
 		-I@top_srcdir@/src/conf				\
 		-I@top_srcdir@/src/security