diff --git a/pipelined/src/fma/Makefile b/pipelined/src/fma/Makefile
index 75bd56e5a..270954f72 100644
--- a/pipelined/src/fma/Makefile
+++ b/pipelined/src/fma/Makefile
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 TARGET ?= fma
 
+# for some reason, softfloat.a needs to be symlinked to the local directory.  -L isn't working
 $(TARGET): $(TARGET).c Makefile
-	gcc -c -I../../../addins/SoftFloat-3e/source/include  -O2 -o $(TARGET).o $(TARGET).c
-	gcc -L../../../addins/SoftFloat-3e/build/Linux-x86_64-GCC \
-		   -o $(TARGET) $(TARGET).o softfloat.a \
+	gcc -O2 -o $(TARGET) $(TARGET).c softfloat.a  \
+		 -I../../../addins/SoftFloat-3e/source/include  \
+		 -L../../../addins/SoftFloat-3e/build/Linux-x86_64-GCC 
 
 clean: 
-	rm $(TARGET).o
 	rm $(TARGET)