diff --git a/Makefile.conf b/Makefile.conf
index c660ca6..afc7de7 100644
--- a/Makefile.conf
+++ b/Makefile.conf
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ CFLAGS+=\
 -DARM_MATH_ROUNDING \
 -DDEBUG \
 -DSTM32F407xx \
--DUSE_HAL_DRIVER \
+# DONT define DUSE_HAL_DRIVER - all it does is to create a build dependency from cmsis to the hal crap
+#-DUSE_HAL_DRIVER \
 
 # Options
 CFLAGS+= -fdiagnostics-color=always
diff --git a/libs/cmsis/Makefile b/libs/cmsis/Makefile
index 68da9e7..77ec7a2 100644
--- a/libs/cmsis/Makefile
+++ b/libs/cmsis/Makefile
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ TARGET=libcmsis.a
 
 # Includes
 CFLAGS+= -I.
-CFLAGS+= -I../hal
 
 C_SRC=$(wildcard *.c)
 C_OBJ=$(subst .c,.o,$(C_SRC))