diff --git a/Makefile-libostree.am b/Makefile-libostree.am
index e7b141ae..fbe173dc 100644
--- a/Makefile-libostree.am
+++ b/Makefile-libostree.am
@@ -98,8 +98,7 @@ libostree_1_la_SOURCES += \
 endif
 
 libostree_1_la_CFLAGS = $(AM_CFLAGS) -I$(srcdir)/src/libotutil -I$(srcdir)/src/libostree \
-	-DLOCALEDIR=\"$(datadir)/locale\" -DSYSCONFDIR=\"$(sysconfdir)\" \
-	-DGPGVPATH=\"$(GPGVPATH)\" $(OT_INTERNAL_GIO_UNIX_CFLAGS) $(OT_DEP_LZMA_CFLAGS)
+	$(OT_INTERNAL_GIO_UNIX_CFLAGS) $(OT_DEP_LZMA_CFLAGS)
 libostree_1_la_LDFLAGS = -version-number 1:0:0 -Bsymbolic-functions -export-symbols-regex '^ostree_'
 libostree_1_la_LIBADD = libotutil.la libostree-kernel-args.la $(OT_INTERNAL_GIO_UNIX_LIBS) $(OT_DEP_LZMA_LIBS)
 
diff --git a/Makefile-ostree.am b/Makefile-ostree.am
index 76df368b..47b06f1e 100644
--- a/Makefile-ostree.am
+++ b/Makefile-ostree.am
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@ ostree_SOURCES += \
 	$(NULL)
 
 ostree_bin_shared_cflags = $(AM_CFLAGS) -I$(srcdir)/src/libotutil -I$(srcdir)/src/libostree -I$(srcdir)/src/ostree \
-	-DLOCALEDIR=\"$(datadir)/locale\" -DSYSCONFDIR=\"$(sysconfdir)\" \
 	$(NULL)
 ostree_bin_shared_ldadd = libotutil.la libostree-kernel-args.la libostree-1.la
 
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index df7771a5..614413ca 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ include Makefile-decls.am
 
 ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4 ${ACLOCAL_FLAGS}
 AM_CPPFLAGS += -DDATADIR='"$(datadir)"' -DLIBEXECDIR='"$(libexecdir)"' \
+	-DLOCALEDIR=\"$(datadir)/locale\" -DSYSCONFDIR=\"$(sysconfdir)\" \
+	-DGPGVPATH=\"$(GPGVPATH)\" \
 	-DOSTREE_FEATURES='"$(OSTREE_FEATURES)"' \
 	-DGLIB_VERSION_MIN_REQUIRED=GLIB_VERSION_2_36 -DGLIB_VERSION_MAX_ALLOWED=GLIB_VERSION_2_36 \
 	-DSOUP_VERSION_MIN_REQUIRED=SOUP_VERSION_2_40 -DSOUP_VERSION_MAX_ALLOWED=SOUP_VERSION_40