diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ba586cdc8a..014998b9aa 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -6,11 +6,6 @@
 
 include config.mak
 
-#install...
-OWNER = root
-GROUP = root
-PERM = 755
-
 PRG = mplayer
 PRG_HQ = mplayerHQ
 PRG_AVIP = aviparse
@@ -81,7 +76,7 @@ $(PRG_CFG):        .depend codec-cfg.c codec-cfg.h
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -g codec-cfg.c -o $(PRG_CFG) -DCODECS2HTML
 
 install: $(PRG)
-	install -g $(GROUP) -o $(OWNER) -m $(PERM) -s $(PRG) $(BINDIR)
+	install -D -m 755 -s $(PRG) $(BINDIR)
 	install -D -m 644 DOCS/mplayer.1 $(prefix)/man/man1/mplayer.1
 
 clean: