diff --git a/examples/noinit.c b/examples/noinit.c
index 24caf8d9..3ccf9fea 100644
--- a/examples/noinit.c
+++ b/examples/noinit.c
@@ -12,8 +12,7 @@
 
     or, if you don't have the blosc library installed yet:
 
-    $ gcc -O3 -msse2 noinit.c -I../blosc -o noinit -L../build/blosc
-    $ export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=../build/blosc
+    $ gcc noinit.c -I../blosc -o noinit ../build/blosc/libblosc.a
 
     Using MSVC on Windows:
 
diff --git a/examples/simple.c b/examples/simple.c
index cd39ca30..281a5b86 100644
--- a/examples/simple.c
+++ b/examples/simple.c
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
     or, if you don't have the blosc library installed:
 
-    $ gcc -O3 -msse2 simple.c -I../blosc -o simple -L../build/blosc
+    $ gcc simple.c -I../blosc -o simple ../build/blosc/libblosc.a
 
     Using MSVC on Windows: