diff --git a/borders-plus-plus/Makefile b/borders-plus-plus/Makefile
index 5223b7a..fe890ca 100644
--- a/borders-plus-plus/Makefile
+++ b/borders-plus-plus/Makefile
@@ -1,8 +1,4 @@
-# compile with HYPRLAND_HEADERS=<path_to_hl> make all
-# make sure that the path above is to the root hl repo directory, NOT src/
-# and that you have ran `make protocols` in the hl dir.
-
 all:
-	g++ -shared -fPIC --no-gnu-unique main.cpp borderDeco.cpp -o borders-plus-plus.so -g -I "/usr/include/pixman-1" -I "/usr/include/libdrm" -I "${HYPRLAND_HEADERS}" -I "${HYPRLAND_HEADERS}/protocols" -I "${HYPRLAND_HEADERS}/subprojects/wlroots/include" -I "${HYPRLAND_HEADERS}/subprojects/wlroots/include" -I "${HYPRLAND_HEADERS}/subprojects/wlroots/build/include" -std=c++23
+	g++ -shared -fPIC --no-gnu-unique main.cpp borderDeco.cpp -o borders-plus-plus.so -g -I "/usr/include/pixman-1" -I "/usr/include/libdrm" $(shell pkg-config --cflags hyprland) -std=c++23
 clean:
 	rm ./borders-plus-plus.so
diff --git a/csgo-vulkan-fix/Makefile b/csgo-vulkan-fix/Makefile
index cc912f1..f90327c 100644
--- a/csgo-vulkan-fix/Makefile
+++ b/csgo-vulkan-fix/Makefile
@@ -1,8 +1,4 @@
-# compile with HYPRLAND_HEADERS=<path_to_hl> make all
-# make sure that the path above is to the root hl repo directory, NOT src/
-# and that you have ran `make protocols` in the hl dir.
-
 all:
-	g++ -shared -fPIC --no-gnu-unique main.cpp -o csgo-vulkan-fix.so -g -I "/usr/include/pixman-1" -I "/usr/include/libdrm" -I "${HYPRLAND_HEADERS}" -I "${HYPRLAND_HEADERS}/protocols" -I "${HYPRLAND_HEADERS}/subprojects/wlroots/include" -I "${HYPRLAND_HEADERS}/subprojects/wlroots/build/include" -std=c++23
+	g++ -shared -fPIC --no-gnu-unique main.cpp -o csgo-vulkan-fix.so -g -I "/usr/include/pixman-1" -I "/usr/include/libdrm" $(shell pkg-config --cflags hyprland) -std=c++23
 clean:
 	rm ./csgo-vulkan-fix.so
diff --git a/hyprbars/Makefile b/hyprbars/Makefile
index 3d07bc1..bab483b 100644
--- a/hyprbars/Makefile
+++ b/hyprbars/Makefile
@@ -1,8 +1,4 @@
-# compile with HYPRLAND_HEADERS=<path_to_hl> make all
-# make sure that the path above is to the root hl repo directory, NOT src/
-# and that you have ran `make protocols` in the hl dir.
-
 all:
-	g++ -shared -fPIC --no-gnu-unique main.cpp barDeco.cpp -o hyprbars.so -g -I "/usr/include/pixman-1" -I "/usr/include/libdrm" -I "${HYPRLAND_HEADERS}" -I "${HYPRLAND_HEADERS}/protocols" -I "${HYPRLAND_HEADERS}/subprojects/wlroots/include" -I "${HYPRLAND_HEADERS}/subprojects/wlroots/include" -I "${HYPRLAND_HEADERS}/subprojects/wlroots/build/include" -std=c++23
+	g++ -shared -fPIC --no-gnu-unique main.cpp barDeco.cpp -o hyprbars.so -g -I "/usr/include/pixman-1" -I "/usr/include/libdrm" $(shell pkg-config --cflags hyprland) -std=c++23
 clean:
 	rm ./hyprbars.so