diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 034e254..09bd6c3 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ endif
 API_MAJOR=$(shell echo `grep -e CS_API_MAJOR include/capstone/capstone.h | grep -v = | awk '{print $$3}'` | awk '{print $$1}')
 VERSION_EXT =
 
-IS_APPLE := $(shell $(CC) -dM -E - < /dev/null | grep __apple_build_version__ | wc -l | tr -d " ")
+IS_APPLE := $(shell $(CC) -dM -E - < /dev/null 2> /dev/null | grep __apple_build_version__ | wc -l | tr -d " ")
 ifeq ($(IS_APPLE),1)
 EXT = dylib
 VERSION_EXT = $(API_MAJOR).$(EXT)
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ endif
 else
 $(LIBNAME)_LDFLAGS += -shared
 # Cygwin?
-IS_CYGWIN := $(shell $(CC) -dumpmachine | grep -i cygwin | wc -l)
+IS_CYGWIN := $(shell $(CC) -dumpmachine 2>/dev/null | grep -i cygwin | wc -l)
 ifeq ($(IS_CYGWIN),1)
 EXT = dll
 AR_EXT = lib
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ CFLAGS := $(CFLAGS:-fPIC=)
 # On Windows we need the shared library to be executable
 else
 # mingw?
-IS_MINGW := $(shell $(CC) --version | grep -i mingw | wc -l)
+IS_MINGW := $(shell $(CC) --version 2>/dev/null | grep -i mingw | wc -l)
 ifeq ($(IS_MINGW),1)
 EXT = dll
 AR_EXT = lib
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ else
 EXT = so
 VERSION_EXT = $(EXT).$(API_MAJOR)
 AR_EXT = a
-$(LIBNAME)_LDFLAGS += -Wl,-soname,lib$(LIBNAME).$(VERSION_EXT)
+#$(LIBNAME)_LDFLAGS += -Wl,-soname,lib$(LIBNAME).$(VERSION_EXT)
 endif
 endif
 endif