diff --git a/AMDiS/other/include/Makefile_AMDiS.mk b/AMDiS/other/include/Makefile_AMDiS.mk
index 322b8fcd04264d262e3223a05ba4612ff3526112..dc5315c15e0d5ec8b54d4a740a3f83dc633b316a 100644
--- a/AMDiS/other/include/Makefile_AMDiS.mk
+++ b/AMDiS/other/include/Makefile_AMDiS.mk
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ INCLUDES = -I. $(AMDIS_INCLUDE) $(MPCCI_INCLUDE) $(REINIT_INCLUDE) $(PARALLEL_IN
 # ============================================================================
 
 AMDIS_LIB =  -L$(AMDIS_DIR)/lib -lamdis -lcompositeFEM
-PNG_LIB = -lpng
+PNG_LIB = 
 
 UMFPACK_LIB = -L$(AMDIS_DIR)/lib/AMD/Lib -L$(AMDIS_DIR)/lib/UMFPACK/Lib
 ifeq ($(strip $(USE_SERVER)), mars)