diff --git a/makefile b/makefile
index a04cd4d..4bb5789 100644
--- a/makefile
+++ b/makefile
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ s_mp_zero_buf.o s_mp_zero_digs.o
 
 $(LIBNAME):  $(OBJECTS)
 	$(AR) $(ARFLAGS) $@ $(OBJECTS)
-	$(RANLIB) $@
 
 #make a profiled library (takes a while!!!)
 #
@@ -77,7 +76,6 @@ profiled_single: pre_gen
 	rm -f *.o timing
 	$(CC) $(LTM_CFLAGS) -fbranch-probabilities -c pre_gen/tommath_amalgam.c -o tommath_amalgam.o
 	$(AR) $(ARFLAGS) $(LIBNAME) tommath_amalgam.o
-	$(RANLIB) $(LIBNAME)
 
 install: $(LIBNAME)
 	install -d $(DESTDIR)$(LIBPATH)
diff --git a/makefile.mingw b/makefile.mingw
index c597143..16d7db3 100644
--- a/makefile.mingw
+++ b/makefile.mingw
@@ -13,8 +13,7 @@
 PREFIX    = c:\mingw
 CC        = gcc
 AR        = ar
-ARFLAGS   = r
-RANLIB    = ranlib
+ARFLAGS   = rcs
 STRIP     = strip
 CFLAGS    = -O2
 LDFLAGS   =
@@ -69,7 +68,6 @@ $(OBJECTS): $(HEADERS)
 #Create libtommath.a
 $(LIBMAIN_S): $(OBJECTS)
 	$(AR) $(ARFLAGS) $@ $(OBJECTS)
-	$(RANLIB) $@
 
 #Create DLL + import library libtommath.dll.a
 $(LIBMAIN_D) $(LIBMAIN_I): $(OBJECTS)
diff --git a/makefile.unix b/makefile.unix
index 33a3829..d093a76 100644
--- a/makefile.unix
+++ b/makefile.unix
@@ -16,8 +16,7 @@ LIBPATH   = $(PREFIX)/lib
 INCPATH   = $(PREFIX)/include
 CC        = cc
 AR        = ar
-ARFLAGS   = r
-RANLIB    = ranlib
+ARFLAGS   = rcs
 CFLAGS    = -O2
 LDFLAGS   =
 
@@ -72,7 +71,6 @@ $(OBJECTS): $(HEADERS)
 #Create libtommath.a
 $(LIBMAIN_S): $(OBJECTS)
 	$(AR) $(ARFLAGS) $@ $(OBJECTS)
-	$(RANLIB) $@
 
 #Build test_standalone suite
 test: demo/shared.o demo/test.o $(LIBMAIN_S)
diff --git a/makefile_include.mk b/makefile_include.mk
index aebbc8f..be53ba7 100644
--- a/makefile_include.mk
+++ b/makefile_include.mk
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ endif # CROSS_COMPILE non-empty
 
 LD=$(CROSS_COMPILE)ld
 AR=$(CROSS_COMPILE)ar
-RANLIB=$(CROSS_COMPILE)ranlib
 
 ifndef MAKE
 # BSDs refer to GNU Make as gmake
@@ -89,7 +88,6 @@ endif
 ifdef COMPILE_LTO
 LTM_CFLAGS += -flto
 AR = $(subst clang,llvm-ar,$(subst gcc,gcc-ar,$(CC)))
-RANLIB = $(subst clang,llvm-ranlib,$(subst gcc,gcc-ranlib,$(CC)))
 endif
 
 endif # COMPILE_SIZE