diff --git a/deps/Makefile.am b/deps/Makefile.am
index 2606c2e2a40e45e71c93d8ecf541bf737f989897..b2dfd5b4e6fcb54aaa8ced9a45f220123e9d0a86 100644
--- a/deps/Makefile.am
+++ b/deps/Makefile.am
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ install-data-local:
 	make -C mamba/memory includedir=${pkgincludedir} install-nobase_includeHEADERS
 
 uninstall-local:
-	cd deps/mamba/common && make uninstall-nobase_includeHEADERS
-	cd deps/mamba/memory && make uinstall-nobase_includeHEADERS
+	make -C mamba/common includedir=${pkgincludedir} uninstall-nobase_includeHEADERS
+	make -C mamba/memory includedir=${pkgincludedir} uninstall-nobase_includeHEADERS
 
 dist-hook: dist-clean-protobuf dist-clean-protobuf-c dist-clean-mio