diff --git a/src/Makefile b/src/Makefile
index 6985d9e..c5cdb90 100644
--- a/src/Makefile
+++ b/src/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ EXECUTABLE = "icscli"
 
 # linking
 $(EXECUTABLE): $(OBJ_FILES)
-	gcc $(CFLAGS) $(OBJ_FILES) -o $(EXECUTABLE) $(LDFLAGS)
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(OBJ_FILES) -o $(EXECUTABLE) $(LDFLAGS)
 
 main.o: main.c
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -c $<
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index e20b5fd..42d640c 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 #include "parse_ics.h"
 #include "cli_arg_parsing.h"
 #include "date_time_handling.h"
-#include "string_handling.h"
-#include "seek_string_a.h"
 #include <stdio.h>
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv) {