diff --git a/installation/mods_Abaqus/abaqus_v6.env b/installation/mods_Abaqus/abaqus_v6.env
index d30554d41..0bc5063a1 100644
--- a/installation/mods_Abaqus/abaqus_v6.env
+++ b/installation/mods_Abaqus/abaqus_v6.env
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ fortCmd = "ifort"
 # -integer-size 32 -DINT=4     assume size of integer to be 4 bytes, matches our definition of pInt
 
 compile_fortran = (fortCmd + " -c -fPIC -auto -shared-intel " + 
-                   "-I%I -I../lib -free -O1 -fpp -openmp " +
+                   "-I%I -free -O1 -fpp -openmp " +
                    "-ftz -diag-disable 5268 " +
                    "-implicitnone -assume byterecl -stand f08 -standard-semantics " +
                    "-real-size 64 -integer-size 32 -DFLOAT=8 -DINT=4 " +
diff --git a/installation/mods_Abaqus/abaqus_v6_serial.env b/installation/mods_Abaqus/abaqus_v6_serial.env
index 8cf9778f2..0469dc5f9 100644
--- a/installation/mods_Abaqus/abaqus_v6_serial.env
+++ b/installation/mods_Abaqus/abaqus_v6_serial.env
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ fortCmd = "ifort"
 # -integer-size 32 -DINT=4     assume size of integer to be 4 bytes, matches our definition of pInt
 
 compile_fortran = (fortCmd + " -c -fPIC -auto -shared-intel " + 
-                   "-I%I -I../lib -free -O1 -fpp " +
+                   "-I%I -free -O1 -fpp " +
                    "-ftz -diag-disable 5268 " +
                    "-implicitnone -assume byterecl -stand f08 -standard-semantics " +
                    "-real-size 64 -integer-size 32 -DFLOAT=8 -DINT=4 " +