grep-libs = $(filter -l%,$(1))
 strip-libs = $(filter-out -l%,$(1))
 
+TRACE_EVENT_DIR = ../lib/traceevent/
+
+ifneq ($(OUTPUT),)
+       TE_PATH=$(OUTPUT)
+else
+       TE_PATH=$(TRACE_EVENT_DIR)
+endif
+
+LIBTRACEEVENT = $(TE_PATH)libtraceevent.a
+TE_LIB := -L$(TE_PATH) -ltraceevent
+
 PYTHON_EXT_SRCS := $(shell grep -v ^\# util/python-ext-sources)
 PYTHON_EXT_DEPS := util/python-ext-sources util/setup.py
 
+export LIBTRACEEVENT
+
 $(OUTPUT)python/perf.so: $(PYTHON_EXT_SRCS) $(PYTHON_EXT_DEPS)
        $(QUIET_GEN)CFLAGS='$(BASIC_CFLAGS)' $(PYTHON_WORD) util/setup.py \
          --quiet build_ext; \
 
 SCRIPTS = $(patsubst %.sh,%,$(SCRIPT_SH))
 
-TRACE_EVENT_DIR = ../lib/traceevent/
-
-ifneq ($(OUTPUT),)
-       TE_PATH=$(OUTPUT)
-else
-       TE_PATH=$(TRACE_EVENT_DIR)
-endif
-
-LIBTRACEEVENT = $(TE_PATH)libtraceevent.a
-TE_LIB := -L$(TE_PATH) -ltraceevent
-
 #
 # Single 'perf' binary right now:
 #
 
            pyrf_cpu_map__setup_types() < 0)
                return;
 
-       page_size = sysconf(_SC_PAGE_SIZE);
-
        Py_INCREF(&pyrf_evlist__type);
        PyModule_AddObject(module, "evlist", (PyObject*)&pyrf_evlist__type);
 
 
 
 build_lib = getenv('PYTHON_EXTBUILD_LIB')
 build_tmp = getenv('PYTHON_EXTBUILD_TMP')
+libtraceevent = getenv('LIBTRACEEVENT')
 
 ext_sources = [f.strip() for f in file('util/python-ext-sources')
                                if len(f.strip()) > 0 and f[0] != '#']
                  sources = ext_sources,
                  include_dirs = ['util/include'],
                  extra_compile_args = cflags,
-                 extra_objects = [build_tmp + '/../../libtraceevent.a'],
+                 extra_objects = [libtraceevent],
                  )
 
 setup(name='perf',