diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e0b369d..f44e6b0 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -126,12 +126,9 @@ OBJ = $(BIN:=.o) $(LIBOBJ)
 SRC = $(BIN:=.c)
 MAN = $(BIN:=.1)
 
-all: binlib
+all: $(BIN)
 
-binlib: $(LIB)
-	$(MAKE) bin
-
-bin: $(BIN)
+$(BIN): $(LIB)
 
 $(OBJ): $(HDR) config.mk
 
diff --git a/README b/README
index 833d458..af4da7a 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -170,6 +170,8 @@ form a base system similar to busybox but much smaller and suckless.
 Building
 --------
 
+You need GNU make to build sbase.
+
 To  build sbase,  simply  type  make.  You  may  have  to fiddle  with
 config.mk depending on your system.
 
diff --git a/config.mk b/config.mk
index 615bbdb..fc608ee 100644
--- a/config.mk
+++ b/config.mk
@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@ VERSION = 0.0
 PREFIX = /usr/local
 MANPREFIX = $(PREFIX)/share/man
 
-#CC = musl-gcc
+CC = cc
 LD = $(CC)
+AR = ar
 RANLIB = ranlib
 
 CPPFLAGS = -D_DEFAULT_SOURCE -D_BSD_SOURCE -D_GNU_SOURCE