diff --git a/tests/Makefile.incl b/tests/Makefile.incl
index c97e063a461987220c5ac0c6880079e9b6546e33..86c3f67c06e48e25ac82237cc0c207215ea0463f 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile.incl
+++ b/tests/Makefile.incl
@@ -74,13 +74,13 @@ LIBRARY_SEARCH_PATHS=-L${LIB_DIR}
 ifeq (${PLATFORM}, SOLARIS)
   ifeq (${COMPILER}, g++)
 	CMP= -c ${CXXFLAGS}
-	CC= g++ -c -D${PLATFORM} -D_REENTRANT -fpic -instances=static
+	CC= g++ -c -D${PLATFORM} -D_REENTRANT -fpic
 	LINK = g++ -D${PLATFORM} -fpic
 	PLATFORM_LIB_LINK_OPTIONS=-L/usr/lib -L/usr/local/lib
 	EXTRA_LINK_OPTIONS=-lc
   else
 	CMP= -c ${CXXFLAGS}
-	CC= CC -c -D${PLATFORM} -D_REENTRANT -pic -instances=static
+	CC= CC -c -D${PLATFORM} -D_REENTRANT -pic
 	LINK =  CC -D${PLATFORM}
 	PLATFORM_LIB_LINK_OPTIONS=-L/usr/lib
 	EXTRA_LINK_OPTIONS=-lc -lgen
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ PLATFORM_COMPILE_OPTIONS = -KPIC -Kthread -DPTX
 MAKE_SHARED = ${PLATFORM_CPP_COMPILER} -DPTX -G
 MAKE_SHARED_C = ${PLATFORM_C_COMPILER} -DPTX -G
 PLATFORM_LIB_LINK_OPTIONS=-L/usr/local/lib -L${XMLINSTALL}/lib
-EXTRA_LINK_OPTIONS=-lm -lgen 
+EXTRA_LINK_OPTIONS=-lm -lgen
 SHLIBSUFFIX=.so
 endif