diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 8bccbe8..b300f1a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,15 +1,9 @@
 # Makefile for generating minified files
 
-YUICOMPRESSOR_PATH=../yuicompressor-2.3.5.jar
-
-# if you need another compressor path, just copy the above line to a
-# file called Makefile.local, customize it and you're good to go
--include Makefile.local
-
 .PHONY: all
 
 # we cheat and process all .js files instead of an exhaustive list
 all: $(patsubst %.js,%.min.js,$(filter-out %.min.js,$(wildcard *.js)))
 
 %.min.js: %.js
-	java -jar $(YUICOMPRESSOR_PATH) $< -o $@
+	yui-compressor $< -o $@