diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index d6fb8a1..fe96a7a 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ version: 2
 jobs:
   build:
     docker:
-      - image: rocker/verse:4.0.3
+      - image: rocker/verse:4.3
     environment:
             _R_CHECK_FORCE_SUGGESTS_: false
     steps:
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 575ac8b..8e3c4ec 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [1.0.5] - Feb 22 2024
+
+- Remove `/usr/lib` linking in Makevars files
+- Also remove `-L"." -lpthread -lstdc++ -lm`. Not necessary.
+
 ## [1.0.4] - July 11 2023
 
 - Added `scale.center` argument to `dotPlot()` to plot more intuitive and correct avg. expression levels. 
diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index dd7f516..a10cac2 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: sccore
 Title: Core Utilities for Single-Cell RNA-Seq
-Version: 1.0.4
+Version: 1.0.5
 Authors@R: c(person("Viktor","Petukhov", email="viktor.s.petuhov@ya.ru", role="aut"), person("Rasmus","Rydbirk", email="rrydbirk@bmb.sdu.dk", role="aut"), person("Peter", "Kharchenko", email = "peter_kharchenko@hms.harvard.edu", role = "aut"), person("Evan","Biederstedt", email="evan.biederstedt@gmail.com", role=c("aut", "cre")))
 Description: Core utilities for single-cell RNA-seq data analysis. Contained within are utility functions for working with differential expression (DE) matrices and count matrices, a collection of functions for manipulating and plotting data via 'ggplot2', and functions to work with cell graphs and cell embeddings. Graph-based methods include embedding kNN cell graphs into a UMAP <doi:10.21105/joss.00861>, collapsing vertices of each cluster in the graph, and propagating graph labels.
 License: GPL-3 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 711bd5f..3522aef 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -28,5 +28,5 @@ If you find `sccore` useful for your publication, please cite:
 ```
 Viktor Petukhov, Rasmus Rydbirk, Peter Kharchenko and Evan Biederstedt
 (2021). sccore: Core Utilities for Single-Cell RNA-Seq. R package
-version 1.0.4. https://github.com/kharchenkolab/sccore
+version 1.0.5. https://github.com/kharchenkolab/sccore
 ```
diff --git a/src/Makevars b/src/Makevars
index 2e830cd..9941f04 100644
--- a/src/Makevars
+++ b/src/Makevars
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 PKG_CXXFLAGS=-I"../inst/include"
-PKG_LIBS=-L/usr/lib/ -L"." -lpthread -lstdc++ -lm `$(R_HOME)/bin/Rscript -e "Rcpp:::LdFlags()"` $(LAPACK_LIBS) $(BLAS_LIBS) $(FLIBS)
+PKG_LIBS=-lpthread `$(R_HOME)/bin/Rscript -e "Rcpp:::LdFlags()"` $(LAPACK_LIBS) $(BLAS_LIBS) $(FLIBS)
diff --git a/src/Makevars.win b/src/Makevars.win
index f05f126..c5cf51b 100644
--- a/src/Makevars.win
+++ b/src/Makevars.win
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 PKG_CXXFLAGS=-I"../inst/include"
-PKG_LIBS=-L/usr/lib/ -L"." -lpthread -lstdc++ -lm $(shell "${R_HOME}/bin${R_ARCH_BIN}/Rscript.exe" -e "Rcpp:::LdFlags()") $(LAPACK_LIBS) $(BLAS_LIBS) $(FLIBS)
+PKG_LIBS=-lpthread $(shell "${R_HOME}/bin${R_ARCH_BIN}/Rscript.exe" -e "Rcpp:::LdFlags()") $(LAPACK_LIBS) $(BLAS_LIBS) $(FLIBS)