diff --git a/example_makefiles/makefile.inc.Linux b/example_makefiles/makefile.inc.Linux
index f634e6e0cd..868e6585fd 100644
--- a/example_makefiles/makefile.inc.Linux
+++ b/example_makefiles/makefile.inc.Linux
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ SWIGEXEC=swig
 # python3 -c "import numpy ; print(numpy.get_include())"
 # 
 
-PYTHONCFLAGS=-I/usr/include/python2.7/ -I/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/numpy/core/include/numpy/
+PYTHONCFLAGS=-I/usr/include/python2.7/ -I/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/numpy/core/include/
 
 
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