--- a/cpp/build/Makefile
+++ b/cpp/build/Makefile
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 # what flags we will use for compiling in debug mode
 DEBUG_CFLAGS    := -Wall -Wno-unknown-pragmas -Wno-inline -Wno-format -Werror -Wno-error=sequence-point -Wno-sequence-point -ggdb -DDEBUG -fPIC  -DSYSCONFDIR="\"$(PREFIX)/etc/openzwave/\""
 # what flags we will use for compiling in release mode
-RELEASE_CFLAGS  := -Wall -Wno-unknown-pragmas -Werror -Wno-format -Wno-error=sequence-point -Wno-sequence-point -O3 -DNDEBUG -fPIC  -DSYSCONFDIR="\"$(PREFIX)/etc/openzwave/\""
+RELEASE_CFLAGS  := -Wall -Wno-unknown-pragmas -Wno-error=sequence-point -Wno-sequence-point -DNDEBUG -fPIC  -DSYSCONFDIR="\"/etc/openzwave/\""
 #what flags we will use for linking in debug mode
 DEBUG_LDFLAGS	:= -g
 
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ $(LIBDIR)/libopenzwave.a:	$(patsubst %.c
 			$(patsubst %.cpp,$(OBJDIR)/%.o,$(indep)) \
 			$(OBJDIR)/vers.o
 	@echo "Linking Static Library"
-	@$(AR) $@ $+
+	@$(AR) q $@ $+
 	@$(RANLIB) $@
 
 $(LIBDIR)/$(SHARED_LIB_NAME):	$(patsubst %.cpp,$(OBJDIR)/%.o,$(tinyxml)) \
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ $(top_builddir)/libopenzwave.pc: $(top_s
 		-e 's|[@]exec_prefix@|$(PREFIX)/bin|g' \
 		-e 's|[@]libdir@|$(instlibdir)|g' \
 		-e 's|[@]includedir@|$(PREFIX)/include/openzwave/|g' \
-                -e 's|[@]sysconfdir@|$(PREFIX)/etc/openzwave/|g' \
+                -e 's|[@]sysconfdir@|/etc/openzwave/|g' \
                 -e 's|[@]gitversion@|$(GITVERSION)|g' \
                 -e 's|[@]docdir@|$(docdir)/|g' \
 		-e 's|[@]VERSION@|$(VERSION)|g' \