diff --git a/src/softIoc/Makefile b/src/softIoc/Makefile
index e1f2ee83d..11fecd3b3 100644
--- a/src/softIoc/Makefile
+++ b/src/softIoc/Makefile
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ include $(TOP)/configure/RULES
 softMain$(OBJ) : epicsInstallDir.h
 
 epicsInstallDir.h:
-	@echo "FINAL_LOCATION=$(FINAL_LOCATION)"
+	$(ECHO) "FINAL_LOCATION=$(FINAL_LOCATION)"
 	$(PERL) ../makeInstallDir.pl $(FINAL_LOCATION) > $@
 
 clean::
diff --git a/src/softIoc/makeInstallDir.pl b/src/softIoc/makeInstallDir.pl
index f60d80d45..c9d6d2a75 100644
--- a/src/softIoc/makeInstallDir.pl
+++ b/src/softIoc/makeInstallDir.pl
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 eval 'exec perl -S $0 ${1+"$@"}'  # -*- Mode: perl -*-
-    if $running_under_some_shell; # registerRecordDeviceDriver 
+    if $running_under_some_shell;
 #*************************************************************************
-# Copyright (c) 2009 UChicago Argonne LLC, as Operator of Argonne
+# Copyright (c) 2010 UChicago Argonne LLC, as Operator of Argonne
 #     National Laboratory.
 # EPICS BASE is distributed subject to a Software License Agreement found
 # in file LICENSE that is included with this distribution. 
@@ -9,11 +9,6 @@ eval 'exec perl -S $0 ${1+"$@"}'  # -*- Mode: perl -*-
 
 use strict;
 
-use FindBin qw($Bin);
-use lib "$Bin/../../lib/perl";
-
-use EPICS::Path;
-
 die "Path to INSTALL_LOCATION missing\n" unless @ARGV == 1;
 
 my $path = shift;
@@ -28,4 +23,3 @@ print "/* THIS IS A GENERATED FILE. DO NOT EDIT! */\n",
       "#define EPICS_BASE \"$path\"\n",
       "\n",
       "#endif /* INC_epicsInstallDir_H */\n";
-