diff --git a/libavcodec/Makefile b/libavcodec/Makefile
index 0cfa08c1c3..64a286289d 100644
--- a/libavcodec/Makefile
+++ b/libavcodec/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-include $(SUBDIR)../config.mak
-
 NAME = avcodec
 FFLIBS = avutil
 
diff --git a/libavdevice/Makefile b/libavdevice/Makefile
index 5cfc5e8ecc..cbe20d6d57 100644
--- a/libavdevice/Makefile
+++ b/libavdevice/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-include $(SUBDIR)../config.mak
-
 NAME    = avdevice
 FFLIBS  = avformat avcodec avutil
 
diff --git a/libavfilter/Makefile b/libavfilter/Makefile
index 2ed1f937a3..e22527ae49 100644
--- a/libavfilter/Makefile
+++ b/libavfilter/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-include $(SUBDIR)../config.mak
-
 NAME = avfilter
 FFLIBS = avutil
 FFLIBS-$(CONFIG_MOVIE_FILTER) += avformat avcodec
diff --git a/libavformat/Makefile b/libavformat/Makefile
index c2fa8af466..5041fe0dc9 100644
--- a/libavformat/Makefile
+++ b/libavformat/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-include $(SUBDIR)../config.mak
-
 NAME = avformat
 FFLIBS = avcodec avutil
 
diff --git a/libavutil/Makefile b/libavutil/Makefile
index 0d8f01dd8d..304b288851 100644
--- a/libavutil/Makefile
+++ b/libavutil/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-include $(SUBDIR)../config.mak
-
 NAME = avutil
 
 HEADERS = adler32.h                                                     \
diff --git a/libpostproc/Makefile b/libpostproc/Makefile
index bd0b71e3d4..7b359709dc 100644
--- a/libpostproc/Makefile
+++ b/libpostproc/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-include $(SUBDIR)../config.mak
-
 NAME = postproc
 FFLIBS = avutil
 
diff --git a/libswscale/Makefile b/libswscale/Makefile
index 8bb06baae2..b2914113c0 100644
--- a/libswscale/Makefile
+++ b/libswscale/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-include $(SUBDIR)../config.mak
-
 NAME = swscale
 FFLIBS = avutil