diff --git a/examples/game-of-life-png/Makefile b/examples/game-of-life-png/Makefile
index 01dda57e..a47467ea 100644
--- a/examples/game-of-life-png/Makefile
+++ b/examples/game-of-life-png/Makefile
@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@ convert:
 	./convert.sh
 
 # A temporary directive to build the life program using GCC directly
-# For now, need to manually add "#include "../write-png.h"" to example/life.c to get it to build
 debug:
-	gcc example/life.c -g -c -o example/life.o
 	gcc life.c -g -c -o life.o
 	gcc life.o  /usr/local/share/cyclone/scheme/base.o  example/grid.o  /usr/local/share/cyclone/scheme/write.o  example/life.o write-png.o -pthread -lcyclone -lck -lm -lpng -g -o life