diff --git a/pyext/Makefile.am b/pyext/Makefile.am
index 12384a2..f7f03ae 100755
--- a/pyext/Makefile.am
+++ b/pyext/Makefile.am
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #############################################################################
 # Makefile for ctools Python extension module                               #
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
-# Copyright (C) 2011 Jurgen Knodlseder                                      #
+# Copyright (C) 2011-2012 Juergen Knoedlseder                               #
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
 #                                                                           #
 #  This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify     #
@@ -53,14 +53,6 @@ all-local: build
 build: ctools_wrap.cpp ctools.py
 	$(PYTHON) setup.py build
 
-# If 'make check' is invoked we build the extension modules inplace, so that
-# putting the 'pyext' directory in the PYTHONPATH allows importing the gammalib
-# module. We also catch this special build in the setup script to force static
-# linking with libgamma, which will allow a successful 'make check' on systems
-# (such as Mac OS X) that have fixed shared library paths.
-check-local:
-	$(PYTHON) setup.py build_ext --inplace
-
 install-exec-local:
 	$(PYTHON) setup.py install --prefix=$(prefix)