diff --git a/release/examples/Makefile b/release/examples/Makefile
index 8334efce491..4ceea897be0 100644
--- a/release/examples/Makefile
+++ b/release/examples/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 default: db-insert db-insert-bdb
-CPPFLAGS = -I../include
-LDFLAGS = -L../.. -lfractaltreeindex -Wl,-rpath,../..
+CPPFLAGS = -I./include
+LDFLAGS = -L.. -lfractaltreeindex -Wl,-rpath,..
 db-insert-bdb: db-insert.c
 	cc  -ldb  db-insert.c  -o db-insert-bdb -DBDB
 default: db-insert
diff --git a/release/examples/db-insert.c b/release/examples/db-insert.c
index 2c9f0a91207..debfe73ffc7 100644
--- a/release/examples/db-insert.c
+++ b/release/examples/db-insert.c
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ static void do_prelock(DB* db, DB_TXN* txn) {
 
 #define STRINGIFY2(s) #s
 #define STRINGIFY(s) STRINGIFY2(s)
-const char *dbdir = "../bench."  STRINGIFY(DIRSUF);
+const char *dbdir = "./bench."  STRINGIFY(DIRSUF);
 char *dbfilename = "bench.db";
 char *dbname;
 
diff --git a/release/examples/db-scan/db-scan.c b/release/examples/db-scan.c
similarity index 100%
rename from release/examples/db-scan/db-scan.c
rename to release/examples/db-scan.c
diff --git a/release/examples/db-scan/Makefile b/release/examples/db-scan/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index cac43887a83..00000000000
--- a/release/examples/db-scan/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-DIRSUF = db
-CPPFLAGS = -I../include -DDIRSUF=$(DIRSUF)
-LDFLAGS = -L../.. -lfractaltreeindex -Wl,-rpath,../..
-
-default: db-scan
-
-clean:
-	rm -rf db-scan bench.$(DIRSUF)
-