diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3ea03933b..b9a3f4da7 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -120,11 +120,12 @@ WEBLANGEXTS:=\
 #	-XNoMonomorphismRestriction
 PREFERMACUSRLIBFLAGS=-L/usr/lib
 GHCMEMFLAGS= #+RTS -M200m -RTS
-BUILDFLAGS1:=-rtsopts $(WARNINGS) $(INCLUDEPATHS) $(PREFERMACUSRLIBFLAGS) $(GHCMEMFLAGS) -DPATCHLEVEL=$(PATCHLEVEL) -DBLAZE_HTML_0_5 -DDEVELOPMENT
+CABALMACROSFLAGS=-optP-include -optPhledger/dist/build/autogen/cabal_macros.h
+BUILDFLAGS1:=-rtsopts $(WARNINGS) $(INCLUDEPATHS) $(PREFERMACUSRLIBFLAGS) $(GHCMEMFLAGS) $(CABALMACROSFLAGS) -DPATCHLEVEL=$(PATCHLEVEL) -DBLAZE_HTML_0_5 -DDEVELOPMENT
 BUILDFLAGS:=$(BUILDFLAGS1) -DVERSION='"$(VERSION)dev"'
 PROFBUILDFLAGS:=-prof -fprof-auto -osuf hs_p
-# different quoting, & cabal macros, for auto builds:
-AUTOBUILDFLAGS:=$(BUILDFLAGS1) $(PROFBUILDFLAGS) -DVERSION='\"$(VERSION)dev\"' -optP-include -optPhledger/dist/build/autogen/cabal_macros.h
+# sp needs different quoting:
+AUTOBUILDFLAGS:=$(BUILDFLAGS1) $(PROFBUILDFLAGS) -DVERSION='\"$(VERSION)dev\"'
 LINUXRELEASEBUILDFLAGS:=-DMAKE $(WARNINGS) $(INCLUDEPATHS) -O2 -static -optl-static -optl-pthread
 MACRELEASEBUILDFLAGS:=-DMAKE $(WARNINGS) $(INCLUDEPATHS) $(PREFERMACUSRLIBFLAGS) -O2 # -optl-L/usr/lib
 #WINDOWSRELEASEBUILDFLAGS:=-DMAKE $(WARNINGS) $(INCLUDEPATHS)