--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -4,23 +4,7 @@ UNAME := $(shell uname)
 BINARY=../bin/$(UNAME)/wav2json
 SRC=../src
 
-ifeq ($(UNAME), Linux)
 LD_PLATFORM_FLAGS=-lboost_program_options -lsndfile
-CC=g++
-endif
-ifeq ($(UNAME), Darwin)
-CC=clang++
-LD_PLATFORM_FLAGS=\
-	/usr/local/lib/libboost_program_options-mt.a \
-	/usr/local/lib/libsndfile.a \
-	/usr/local/lib/libogg.a \
-	/usr/local/lib/libvorbis.a \
-	/usr/local/lib/libvorbisenc.a \
-	/usr/local/lib/libFLAC.a
-
-INCLUDES=\
-	-I/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.7.sdk/usr/X11/include/
-endif
 
 ifdef USE_FLOAT
   LD_PLATFORM_FLAGS+=-DUSE_FLOAT
@@ -42,7 +26,7 @@ $(SRC)/version.hpp: Makefile version.txt
 
 $(BINARY): $(SRC)/*.cpp $(SRC)/*.hpp $(SRC)/version.hpp
 	mkdir -p `dirname $(BINARY)`
-	$(CC) -O3 -Wall -Werror -std=c++11 $(SRC)/*.cpp $(INCLUDES) $(LD_PLATFORM_FLAGS) -o $(BINARY)
+	$(CXX) $(LDFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) -Wall -std=c++11 $(SRC)/*.cpp $(INCLUDES) $(LD_PLATFORM_FLAGS) -o $(BINARY)
 
 ../examples/%.json : ../example_data/%.wav
 	$(BINARY) $+ --precision 2 --channels left right mid side min max -o $@