diff --git a/tools/Makefile b/tools/Makefile
index 5a22bff..2966e81 100644
--- a/tools/Makefile
+++ b/tools/Makefile
@@ -2,10 +2,6 @@
 # This is not a standalone makefile, it must be called from the toplevel
 # makefile to inherit the correct environment
 
-# The vars included here should be part of the environment.
-# TODO - refactor this and debug why they need to be included for windows
-include ../config.mak
-
 DEBUG?=-g3
 
 HEADERS=$(wildcard include/*.h)
diff --git a/win32/Makefile b/win32/Makefile
index 9f7788c..832b6bf 100644
--- a/win32/Makefile
+++ b/win32/Makefile
@@ -2,10 +2,6 @@
 # This is not a standalone makefile, it must be called from the toplevel
 # makefile to inherit the correct environment
 
-# The vars included here should be part of the environment.
-# TODO - refactor this and debug why they need to be included for windows
-include ../config.mak
-
 CFLAGS+=-I../include -I.
 LDFLAGS+=-L..