diff --git a/tests/unit/Makefile.am b/tests/unit/Makefile.am
index 501ddebe0e438d5132e26e698d5fc21056793362..bdee6c102f860dd30ba2c3fd34ed63f31d26f649 100644
--- a/tests/unit/Makefile.am
+++ b/tests/unit/Makefile.am
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ if CURLDEBUG
 
 EXTRA_DIST = Makefile.inc
 
-LDADD = $(top_srcdir)/tests/libtest/first.o $(top_builddir)/lib/libcurlu.la \
+LDADD = $(top_builddir)/tests/libtest/first.o $(top_builddir)/lib/libcurlu.la \
 	@CURL_LIBS@
 DEPENDENCIES = $(top_builddir)/lib/libcurlu.la
 
@@ -74,4 +74,4 @@ else
 # do nothing if debug was not enabled
 all:
 
-endif
\ No newline at end of file
+endif