diff --git a/less/Makefile b/less/Makefile
index 85a64f3..3484e29 100644
--- a/less/Makefile
+++ b/less/Makefile
@@ -1,21 +1,19 @@
-LESSC=$(shell command -v lessc 2> /dev/null)
-
-ifndef LESSC
-	$(error "less is not installed, please run install-less.sh")
+ifeq (,$(shell command -v lessc 2> /dev/null))
+$(error "less is not installed, please run install-less.sh")
 endif
 
 CSSDIR=../static/css/
 
 all :
-	$(LESSC) app.less --clean-css="--s1 --advanced" $(CSSDIR)write.css
-	$(LESSC) fonts.less --clean-css="--s1 --advanced" $(CSSDIR)fonts.css
-	$(LESSC) icons.less --clean-css="--s1 --advanced" $(CSSDIR)icons.css
+	lessc app.less --clean-css="--s1 --advanced" $(CSSDIR)write.css
+	lessc fonts.less --clean-css="--s1 --advanced" $(CSSDIR)fonts.css
+	lessc icons.less --clean-css="--s1 --advanced" $(CSSDIR)icons.css
 
 install :
 	./install-less.sh
 	$(MAKE) all
 
 clean :
 	rm -f write.css
 	rm -f fonts.css
 	rm -f icons.css