diff --git a/OpenMP/linear-algebra/kernels/atax/.bench.sh b/OpenMP/linear-algebra/kernels/atax/.bench.sh
index d538c5d..f72b048 100755
--- a/OpenMP/linear-algebra/kernels/atax/.bench.sh
+++ b/OpenMP/linear-algebra/kernels/atax/.bench.sh
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ do
         fi 
 
         echo "Flags: $cxxflags"
-        make "EXTRA_CXXFLAGS=$cxxflags" clean all
+        make --silent "EXTRA_CXXFLAGS=$cxxflags" clean all
 
         run_benchmarks
     done
diff --git a/OpenMP/linear-algebra/kernels/atax/Makefile b/OpenMP/linear-algebra/kernels/atax/Makefile
index 36f3cb1..c8b4d0d 100644
--- a/OpenMP/linear-algebra/kernels/atax/Makefile
+++ b/OpenMP/linear-algebra/kernels/atax/Makefile
@@ -2,9 +2,6 @@
 -include ../../../utilities/c2.mk
 
 
-# Disable make output
-MAKEFLAGS+= --silent
-
 # -DPOLYBENCH_TIME makes Polybench output the execution time of the program
 CXXFLAGS+= -DPOLYBENCH_TIME 
 # -Wall and -Wextra enable more warnings