diff -up nedit-5.6/Makefile.makefiles nedit-5.6/Makefile
--- nedit-5.6/Makefile.makefiles	2014-12-28 13:56:20.000000000 +0000
+++ nedit-5.6/Makefile	2015-06-17 07:26:34.598925852 +0100
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ all:
 	   then ln -s ../makefiles/Makefile.$@ .; fi)
 
 	(cd util; \
-	    $(MAKE) -f Makefile.$@ verify_config && \
 	    $(MAKE) -f Makefile.$@ libNUtil.a)
 	(cd Xlt;    $(MAKE) -f Makefile.$@ libXlt.a)
 	(cd Microline/XmL;    $(MAKE) -f Makefile.$@ libXmL.a)
diff -up nedit-5.6/makefiles/Makefile.linux.makefiles nedit-5.6/makefiles/Makefile.linux
--- nedit-5.6/makefiles/Makefile.linux.makefiles	2015-06-17 07:26:34.598925852 +0100
+++ nedit-5.6/makefiles/Makefile.linux	2015-06-17 07:28:17.669405834 +0100
@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@ AR=ar
 # To test if the Motif library exports the runtime version
 # add -DHAVE__XMVERSIONSTRING to CFLAGS
 #
-CFLAGS=-O -I/usr/X11R6/include -DUSE_DIRENT -DUSE_LPR_PRINT_CMD
+CFLAGS= $(C_OPT_FLAGS) -DUSE_DIRENT -DUSE_LPR_PRINT_CMD -DBUILD_UNTESTED_NEDIT
 
 ARFLAGS=-urs
 
-LIBS=-L/usr/X11R6/lib -lXm -lXt -lX11 -lm
+LIBS=$(LD_OPT_FLAGS) -lXm -lXt -lX11 -lm
 
 include Makefile.common