diff --git a/src/external/external.pro b/src/external/external.pro
index 7bd97f60..93ed196b 100644
--- a/src/external/external.pro
+++ b/src/external/external.pro
@@ -2,11 +2,6 @@ config += debug_and_release
 
 TEMPLATE      = subdirs
 
-SUBDIRS	= 	bzip2-1.0.5/bzip2-1.0.5.pro \
-			muparser_v225/src \
-			levmar-2.3/levmar-2.3.pro \
-			structuresynth-1.5/structuresynth.pro \
+SUBDIRS	=	structuresynth-1.5/structuresynth.pro \
 			OpenCTM-1.0.3/openctm.pro \
-			jhead-2.95/jhead-2.95.pro \
-			lib3ds-1.3.0/lib3ds/lib3ds.pro 
-#			openkinect/openkinect.pro
+			jhead-2.95/jhead-2.95.pro
diff --git a/src/external/ext_common.pri b/src/external/ext_common.pri
index 878e9cdc..387fe3ce 100644
--- a/src/external/ext_common.pri
+++ b/src/external/ext_common.pri
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ win32-msvc2015:DEFINES += _CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS
 win32-msvc2017:DEFINES += _CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS
 win32-msvc:DEFINES += _CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS
 
-linux:DESTDIR = $$EXTERNAL_BASE_PATH/lib/linux
+linux:DESTDIR = $$EXTERNAL_BASE_PATH/lib/linux-g++
 
 unix:CONFIG(release, debug|release) {
 	DEFINES *= NDEBUG
diff --git a/src/meshlab/meshlab.pro b/src/meshlab/meshlab.pro
index cae4cb4f..a3fbcdc3 100644
--- a/src/meshlab/meshlab.pro
+++ b/src/meshlab/meshlab.pro
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ win32-g++:LIBS        	+= -L../external/lib/win32-gcc -ljhead -L../distrib -lcom
 #	win32-g++:release:LIBS 			+= -L../common/release -lcommon
 #}
 
-linux:LIBS += -L$$PWD/../external/lib/linux -ljhead -L../distrib -lcommon -lGLU
+linux:LIBS += -L$$PWD/../external/lib/linux-g++ -ljhead -L../distrib -lcommon -lGLU
 linux:QMAKE_RPATHDIR += ../distrib
 
 # uncomment in your local copy only in emergency cases.