diff --git a/.Rbuildignore b/.Rbuildignore
index 24e37b7..ce03a4b 100644
--- a/.Rbuildignore
+++ b/.Rbuildignore
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 ^.*\.Rproj$
 ^\.Rproj\.user$
 ^README.Rmd
+^README.md
 ^inst/tries
 ^inst/simus
 ^inst/tests_against_timCode
diff --git a/src/Makevars b/src/Makevars
index 2a3c0d1..22ebc63 100644
--- a/src/Makevars
+++ b/src/Makevars
@@ -1,9 +1 @@
-CXX_STD = CXX11
-## PKG_CXXFLAGS = $(SHLIB_OPENMP_CXXFLAGS)
-## PKG_LIBS = $(SHLIB_OPENMP_CXXFLAGS) $(LAPACK_LIBS) $(BLAS_LIBS) $(FLIBS)
 PKG_LIBS = $(LAPACK_LIBS) $(BLAS_LIBS) $(FLIBS)
-
-all:
-
-clean:
-	rm -f $(SHLIB) $(OBJECTS)
diff --git a/src/Makevars.win b/src/Makevars.win
index d83bf3f..22ebc63 100644
--- a/src/Makevars.win
+++ b/src/Makevars.win
@@ -1,5 +1 @@
-CXX_STD = CXX11
-
-#PKG_CXXFLAGS = $(SHLIB_OPENMP_CXXFLAGS)
-#PKG_LIBS = $(SHLIB_OPENMP_CXXFLAGS) $(LAPACK_LIBS) $(BLAS_LIBS) $(FLIBS)
 PKG_LIBS = $(LAPACK_LIBS) $(BLAS_LIBS) $(FLIBS)