diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index f42a3df3ff..fcd57b75e5 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ SUBDIRS += doc/man
 endif
 .PHONY: deploy FORCE
 
-GZIP_ENV="-9n"
 export PYTHONPATH
 
 if BUILD_BITCOIN_LIBS
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index c17041f153..c3243fcb9c 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -699,10 +699,6 @@ clean-local:
 	## FIXME: How to get the appropriate modulename_CPPFLAGS in here?
 	$(AM_V_GEN) $(WINDRES) $(DEFS) $(DEFAULT_INCLUDES) $(INCLUDES) $(CPPFLAGS) -DWINDRES_PREPROC -i $< -o $@
 
-.mm.o:
-	$(AM_V_CXX) $(OBJCXX) $(DEFS) $(DEFAULT_INCLUDES) $(INCLUDES) $(AM_CPPFLAGS) \
-	  $(CPPFLAGS) $(AM_CXXFLAGS) $(QT_INCLUDES) $(AM_CXXFLAGS) $(PIE_FLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
-
 check-symbols: $(bin_PROGRAMS)
 if GLIBC_BACK_COMPAT
 	@echo "Checking glibc back compat..."
diff --git a/src/Makefile.qt.include b/src/Makefile.qt.include
index cb308aee46..1d64a31e5c 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.qt.include
+++ b/src/Makefile.qt.include
@@ -331,6 +331,7 @@ BITCOIN_QT_INCLUDES = -I$(builddir)/qt -I$(srcdir)/qt -I$(srcdir)/qt/forms \
 qt_libdashqt_a_CPPFLAGS = $(AM_CPPFLAGS) $(BITCOIN_INCLUDES) $(BITCOIN_QT_INCLUDES) \
   $(QT_INCLUDES) $(QT_DBUS_INCLUDES) $(PROTOBUF_CFLAGS) $(QR_CFLAGS)
 qt_libdashqt_a_CXXFLAGS = $(AM_CXXFLAGS) $(QT_PIE_FLAGS)
+qt_libbitcoinqt_a_OBJCXXFLAGS = $(AM_OBJCXXFLAGS) $(QT_PIE_FLAGS)
 
 qt_libdashqt_a_SOURCES = $(BITCOIN_QT_CPP) $(BITCOIN_QT_H) $(QT_FORMS_UI) \
   $(QT_QRC) $(QT_QRC_LOCALE) $(QT_TS) $(PROTOBUF_PROTO) $(RES_ICONS) $(RES_IMAGES) $(RES_CSS) $(RES_MOVIES)