diff --git a/src/Makevars b/src/Makevars
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-## Use the R_HOME indirection to support installations of multiple R version
-PKG_LIBS = `$(R_HOME)/bin/Rscript -e "Rcpp:::LdFlags()"`
-
-## As an alternative, one can also add this code in a file 'configure'
-##
-##    PKG_LIBS=`${R_HOME}/bin/Rscript -e "Rcpp:::LdFlags()"`
-## 
-##    sed -e "s|@PKG_LIBS@|${PKG_LIBS}|" \
-##        src/Makevars.in > src/Makevars
-## 
-## which together with the following file 'src/Makevars.in'
-##
-##    PKG_LIBS = @PKG_LIBS@
-##
-## can be used to create src/Makevars dynamically. This scheme is more
-## powerful and can be expanded to also check for and link with other
-## libraries.  It should be complemented by a file 'cleanup'
-##
-##    rm src/Makevars
-##
-## which removes the autogenerated file src/Makevars. 
-##
-## Of course, autoconf can also be used to write configure files. This is
-## done by a number of packages, but recommended only for more advanced users
-## comfortable with autoconf and its related tools.
-
-
diff --git a/src/Makevars.win b/src/Makevars.win
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-
-## Use the R_HOME indirection to support installations of multiple R version
-PKG_LIBS = $(shell "${R_HOME}/bin${R_ARCH_BIN}/Rscript.exe" -e "Rcpp:::LdFlags()")