diff --git a/Examples/perl5/java/Makefile b/Examples/perl5/java/Makefile
index a34721c88..882eba70f 100644
--- a/Examples/perl5/java/Makefile
+++ b/Examples/perl5/java/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-CXX        = gcj 
 TOP        = ../..
 SWIG       = $(TOP)/../preinst-swig
 CXXSRCS    = 
@@ -8,8 +7,8 @@ LIBS       = -lm
 
 all:: Example.class
 	$(MAKE) -f $(TOP)/Makefile CXXSRCS='$(CXXSRCS)' SWIG='$(SWIG)' \
-	TARGET='$(TARGET)' INTERFACE='$(INTERFACE)' CXX="gcj" CFLAGS="-fPIC" \
-	CXXSHARED="gcj -fPIC -shared Example.class -lstdc++ " PERL5_CCFLAGS='' PERL5_EXP='' LIBS="-lstdc++" perl5_cpp
+	TARGET='$(TARGET)' INTERFACE='$(INTERFACE)' CXX="gcj" \
+	CXXSHARED="gcj -fpic -shared Example.class" PERL5_CCFLAGS='' PERL5_EXP='' LIBS="-lstdc++" perl5_cpp
 
 
 clean::
diff --git a/Examples/python/java/Makefile b/Examples/python/java/Makefile
index 454674a5d..326a4da94 100644
--- a/Examples/python/java/Makefile
+++ b/Examples/python/java/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-CXX        = gcj 
 TOP        = ../..
 SWIG       = $(TOP)/../preinst-swig
 CXXSRCS    = 
@@ -8,8 +7,8 @@ LIBS       = -lm
 
 all:: Example.class
 	$(MAKE) -f $(TOP)/Makefile CXXSRCS='$(CXXSRCS)' SWIG='$(SWIG)' \
-	TARGET='$(TARGET)' INTERFACE='$(INTERFACE)' CXX="gcj" CFLAGS="-fPIC" \
-	CXXSHARED="gcj -fPIC -shared Example.class -lstdc++" DEFS='' LIBS="-lstdc++" python_cpp
+	TARGET='$(TARGET)' INTERFACE='$(INTERFACE)' CXX="gcj"  \
+	CXXSHARED="gcj -fpic -shared Example.class" DEFS='' LIBS="-lstdc++" python_cpp
 
 
 clean::
diff --git a/Examples/ruby/java/Makefile b/Examples/ruby/java/Makefile
index baa7eaeb4..e525d88f9 100644
--- a/Examples/ruby/java/Makefile
+++ b/Examples/ruby/java/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-CXX        = gcj 
 TOP        = ../..
 SWIG       = $(TOP)/../preinst-swig
 CXXSRCS    = 
@@ -8,8 +7,8 @@ LIBS       = -lm
 
 all:: Example.class
 	$(MAKE) -f $(TOP)/Makefile CXXSRCS='$(CXXSRCS)' SWIG='$(SWIG)' \
-	TARGET='$(TARGET)' INTERFACE='$(INTERFACE)' CXX="gcj" CFLAGS="-fPIC" \
-	CXXSHARED="gcj -fPIC -shared Example.class" LIBS="-lstdc++" DEFS='' ruby_cpp
+	TARGET='$(TARGET)' INTERFACE='$(INTERFACE)' CXX="gcj" \
+	CXXSHARED="gcj -fpic -shared Example.class" LIBS="-lstdc++" DEFS='' ruby_cpp
 
 
 clean::
diff --git a/Examples/tcl/java/Makefile b/Examples/tcl/java/Makefile
index f4d90d37a..1c6d4d027 100644
--- a/Examples/tcl/java/Makefile
+++ b/Examples/tcl/java/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-CXX        = g++
 TOP        = ../..
 SWIG       = $(TOP)/../preinst-swig
 CXXSRCS    = 
@@ -8,8 +7,8 @@ LIBS       = -lm
 
 all:: Example.class
 	$(MAKE) -f $(TOP)/Makefile CXXSRCS='$(CXXSRCS)' SWIG='$(SWIG)' \
-	TARGET='$(TARGET)' INTERFACE='$(INTERFACE)' CXX="gcj" CFLAGS="-fPIC" \
-	TCL_CXXSHARED="gcj -fPIC -shared Example.class -lgcj " LIBS="-lstdc++" DEFS='' tcl_cpp
+	TARGET='$(TARGET)' INTERFACE='$(INTERFACE)' CXX="gcj"  \
+	TCL_CXXSHARED="gcj -fpic -shared Example.class " LIBS="-lstdc++" DEFS='' tcl_cpp
 
 
 clean::