diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 28c2d03..581fb2b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ ifeq ($(patsubst IRIX%,IRIX,$(SYSTEM)), IRIX)
 CC = cc
 EXTRA_CCFLAGS = 
 EXTRA_LDFALGS =
-EXTRA_CPPFLAGS = -DGLEW_NEEDS_CUSTOM_GET_PROCADDRESS=1 -DGLEW_OPENGL_LIB_PATH=\"libGL.so\"
+EXTRA_CPPFLAGS = -DGLEW_NEEDS_CUSTOM_GET_PROCADDRESS=1
 NAME = GLEW
 P.BIN =
 WARN = -fullwarn
diff --git a/auto/src/glew_pre.c b/auto/src/glew_pre.c
index ddfa077..76d21d0 100644
--- a/auto/src/glew_pre.c
+++ b/auto/src/glew_pre.c
@@ -55,11 +55,11 @@ static void * __dlopenGetProcAddress(const GLubyte *procName)
 
     if (!h)
     {
-        if (!(h = dlopen(GLEW_OPENGL_LIB_PATH, RTLD_LAZY | RTLD_LOCAL)))
+        if (!(h = dlopen(NULL, RTLD_LAZY | RTLD_LOCAL)))
         {
             fprintf(stderr,
-                    "E: GLEW failed to dlopen %s: %s.\nAbort.\n",
-                    GLEW_OPENGL_LIB_PATH, dlerror());
+                    "E: GLEW failed to dlopen myself: %s.\nAbort.\n",
+                    dlerror());
             exit(100);
         }