diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c0b54a2..ab4b9a0 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ LIBDIR := ext/tangerine
 LIB := $(LIBDIR)/build/libTangerine.a
 
 CXX := g++
-CXXFLAGS := -std=c++11 -g -ggdb3 -Wall -I$(LIBDIR)/include/ $(shell sdl2-config --cflags)
+CXXFLAGS := -std=c++11 -g -ggdb3 -Wall \
+			-I$(LIBDIR)/include/ \
+			$(shell sdl2-config --cflags)
 LDFLAGS := $(shell sdl2-config --libs) -lGLEW -lGL -lassimp
 
 COMMON_SOURCES := $(SRCDIR)/orbits.cpp
@@ -31,16 +33,6 @@ SOURCES := $(SRCDIR)/main.cpp $(SRCDIR)/gooey.cpp
 OBJECTS := $(patsubst $(SRCDIR)/%.cpp, $(OBJDIR)/%.o, $(SOURCES))
 BIN := $(BINDIR)/orbital_shipping
 
-# NOTE: Fixes an issue on Fedora where the default assimp version doesn't
-# 	support glTF2
-ifeq ($(USE_INTERNAL_ASSIMP), y)
-$(warning using internal assimp)
-ASSIMP_DIR := $(LIBDIR)/ext/assimp
-CXXFLAGS += -I$(ASSIMP_DIR)/include -I$(ASSIMP_DIR)/build/include
-ASSIMP_LIB := $(ASSIMP_DIR)/build/code/libassimp.a
-LDFLAGS := -lSDL2 -lGLEW -lGL
-endif
-
 
 all: mkdirs $(BIN)
 .PHONY: all
@@ -55,7 +47,7 @@ mkdirs:
 .PHONY: mkdirs
 
 $(BIN): $(COMMON_OBJECTS) $(OBJECTS) $(IMGUI_OBJECTS) $(IMGUI_IMP_OBJECTS) $(LIB)
-	$(CXX) -o $@ $(LDFLAGS) $(COMMON_OBJECTS) $(OBJECTS) $(LIB) $(ASSIMP_LIB) \
+	$(CXX) -o $@ $(LDFLAGS) $(COMMON_OBJECTS) $(OBJECTS) $(LIB) \
 		$(IMGUI_OBJECTS) $(IMGUI_IMP_OBJECTS)
 
 $(TEST_BIN): $(TEST_OBJECTS) $(LIB)
@@ -77,7 +69,7 @@ $(IMGUI_IMP_OBJECTS): $(OBJDIR)/%.o : $(IMGUI_IMPL_DIR)/%.cpp
 	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -c -MMD $< -o $@
 
 $(LIB):
-	USE_INTERNAL_ASSIMP=$(USE_INTERNAL_ASSIMP) $(MAKE) -C $(LIBDIR)
+	$(MAKE) -C $(LIBDIR)
 
 clean:
 	@rm -f $(BIN) $(TEST_BIN) $(OBJDIR)/*