diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 89af931ae..4977448fd 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 
 ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I config
 
-include $(top_srcdir)/config/rpm.am
-include $(top_srcdir)/config/deb.am
-include $(top_srcdir)/config/tgz.am
+include config/rpm.am
+include config/deb.am
+include config/tgz.am
 
 SUBDIRS = include rpm
 if CONFIG_USER
@@ -40,11 +40,11 @@ dist-hook:
 		$(distdir)/META
 
 ctags:
-	$(RM) $(top_srcdir)/tags
+	$(RM) tags
 	find $(top_srcdir) -name .git -prune -o -name '*.[hc]' | xargs ctags
 
 etags:
-	$(RM) $(top_srcdir)/TAGS
+	$(RM) TAGS
 	find $(top_srcdir) -name .pc -prune -o -name '*.[hc]' | xargs etags -a
 
 tags: ctags etags
diff --git a/config/rpm.am b/config/rpm.am
index 311c754d4..51a20b3e6 100644
--- a/config/rpm.am
+++ b/config/rpm.am
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ rpm-local:
 	mkdir -p $(rpmbuild)/SPECS && \
 	cp ${RPM_SPEC_DIR}/$(rpmspec) $(rpmbuild)/SPECS && \
 	mkdir -p $(rpmbuild)/SOURCES && \
-	cp scripts/kmodtool $(rpmbuild)/SOURCES && \
+	cp $(top_srcdir)/scripts/kmodtool $(rpmbuild)/SOURCES && \
 	cp $(distdir).tar.gz $(rpmbuild)/SOURCES)
 
 srpm-common: dist
diff --git a/include/util/Makefile.am b/include/util/Makefile.am
index b721b5099..e2bf09fb1 100644
--- a/include/util/Makefile.am
+++ b/include/util/Makefile.am
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ COMMON_H =
 
 KERNEL_H = \
 	$(top_srcdir)/include/util/qsort.h \
-        $(top_srcdir)/include/util/sscanf.h
+	$(top_srcdir)/include/util/sscanf.h
 
 USER_H =
 
diff --git a/module/spl/Makefile.in b/module/spl/Makefile.in
index d1742448d..a1f1ab823 100644
--- a/module/spl/Makefile.in
+++ b/module/spl/Makefile.in
@@ -1,27 +1,30 @@
 # Makefile.in for spl kernel module
 
+src = @abs_top_srcdir@/module/spl
+obj = @abs_builddir@
+
 MODULE := spl
 EXTRA_CFLAGS = $(SPL_MODULE_CFLAGS) @KERNELCPPFLAGS@
 
 # Solaris porting layer module
 obj-$(CONFIG_SPL) := $(MODULE).o
 
-$(MODULE)-objs += @top_srcdir@/module/spl/spl-proc.o
-$(MODULE)-objs += @top_srcdir@/module/spl/spl-kmem.o
-$(MODULE)-objs += @top_srcdir@/module/spl/spl-kmem-cache.o
-$(MODULE)-objs += @top_srcdir@/module/spl/spl-vmem.o
-$(MODULE)-objs += @top_srcdir@/module/spl/spl-thread.o
-$(MODULE)-objs += @top_srcdir@/module/spl/spl-taskq.o
-$(MODULE)-objs += @top_srcdir@/module/spl/spl-rwlock.o
-$(MODULE)-objs += @top_srcdir@/module/spl/spl-vnode.o
-$(MODULE)-objs += @top_srcdir@/module/spl/spl-err.o
-$(MODULE)-objs += @top_srcdir@/module/spl/spl-kobj.o
-$(MODULE)-objs += @top_srcdir@/module/spl/spl-generic.o
-$(MODULE)-objs += @top_srcdir@/module/spl/spl-atomic.o
-$(MODULE)-objs += @top_srcdir@/module/spl/spl-mutex.o
-$(MODULE)-objs += @top_srcdir@/module/spl/spl-kstat.o
-$(MODULE)-objs += @top_srcdir@/module/spl/spl-condvar.o
-$(MODULE)-objs += @top_srcdir@/module/spl/spl-xdr.o
-$(MODULE)-objs += @top_srcdir@/module/spl/spl-cred.o
-$(MODULE)-objs += @top_srcdir@/module/spl/spl-tsd.o
-$(MODULE)-objs += @top_srcdir@/module/spl/spl-zlib.o
+$(MODULE)-objs += spl-proc.o
+$(MODULE)-objs += spl-kmem.o
+$(MODULE)-objs += spl-kmem-cache.o
+$(MODULE)-objs += spl-vmem.o
+$(MODULE)-objs += spl-thread.o
+$(MODULE)-objs += spl-taskq.o
+$(MODULE)-objs += spl-rwlock.o
+$(MODULE)-objs += spl-vnode.o
+$(MODULE)-objs += spl-err.o
+$(MODULE)-objs += spl-kobj.o
+$(MODULE)-objs += spl-generic.o
+$(MODULE)-objs += spl-atomic.o
+$(MODULE)-objs += spl-mutex.o
+$(MODULE)-objs += spl-kstat.o
+$(MODULE)-objs += spl-condvar.o
+$(MODULE)-objs += spl-xdr.o
+$(MODULE)-objs += spl-cred.o
+$(MODULE)-objs += spl-tsd.o
+$(MODULE)-objs += spl-zlib.o
diff --git a/module/splat/Makefile.in b/module/splat/Makefile.in
index f4065196b..680f28492 100644
--- a/module/splat/Makefile.in
+++ b/module/splat/Makefile.in
@@ -1,25 +1,28 @@
 # Makefile.in for splat kernel module
 
+src = @abs_top_srcdir@/module/splat
+obj = @abs_builddir@
+
 MODULE := splat
 EXTRA_CFLAGS = $(SPL_MODULE_CFLAGS) @KERNELCPPFLAGS@
 
 # Solaris Porting LAyer Tests
 obj-$(CONFIG_SPL) := $(MODULE).o
 
-$(MODULE)-objs += @top_srcdir@/module/splat/splat-ctl.o
-$(MODULE)-objs += @top_srcdir@/module/splat/splat-kmem.o
-$(MODULE)-objs += @top_srcdir@/module/splat/splat-taskq.o
-$(MODULE)-objs += @top_srcdir@/module/splat/splat-random.o
-$(MODULE)-objs += @top_srcdir@/module/splat/splat-mutex.o
-$(MODULE)-objs += @top_srcdir@/module/splat/splat-condvar.o
-$(MODULE)-objs += @top_srcdir@/module/splat/splat-thread.o
-$(MODULE)-objs += @top_srcdir@/module/splat/splat-rwlock.o
-$(MODULE)-objs += @top_srcdir@/module/splat/splat-time.o
-$(MODULE)-objs += @top_srcdir@/module/splat/splat-vnode.o
-$(MODULE)-objs += @top_srcdir@/module/splat/splat-kobj.o
-$(MODULE)-objs += @top_srcdir@/module/splat/splat-atomic.o
-$(MODULE)-objs += @top_srcdir@/module/splat/splat-list.o
-$(MODULE)-objs += @top_srcdir@/module/splat/splat-generic.o
-$(MODULE)-objs += @top_srcdir@/module/splat/splat-cred.o
-$(MODULE)-objs += @top_srcdir@/module/splat/splat-zlib.o
-$(MODULE)-objs += @top_srcdir@/module/splat/splat-linux.o
+$(MODULE)-objs += splat-ctl.o
+$(MODULE)-objs += splat-kmem.o
+$(MODULE)-objs += splat-taskq.o
+$(MODULE)-objs += splat-random.o
+$(MODULE)-objs += splat-mutex.o
+$(MODULE)-objs += splat-condvar.o
+$(MODULE)-objs += splat-thread.o
+$(MODULE)-objs += splat-rwlock.o
+$(MODULE)-objs += splat-time.o
+$(MODULE)-objs += splat-vnode.o
+$(MODULE)-objs += splat-kobj.o
+$(MODULE)-objs += splat-atomic.o
+$(MODULE)-objs += splat-list.o
+$(MODULE)-objs += splat-generic.o
+$(MODULE)-objs += splat-cred.o
+$(MODULE)-objs += splat-zlib.o
+$(MODULE)-objs += splat-linux.o
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.am b/scripts/Makefile.am
index f146ec6e6..a718c4b1a 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.am
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.am
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 EXTRA_DIST = check.sh dkms.mkconf dkms.postbuild kmodtool
 
 check:
-	$(top_srcdir)/scripts/check.sh
+	scripts/check.sh