diff --git a/com.oracle.truffle.r.native/run/Makefile b/com.oracle.truffle.r.native/run/Makefile
index 2fd145b8277cf69f1a5118780d19c44263089cfc..67dd0de7c8aed5b0348fd0a3c66f984c82dbf4eb 100644
--- a/com.oracle.truffle.r.native/run/Makefile
+++ b/com.oracle.truffle.r.native/run/Makefile
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ rcmds: $(FASTR_BIN_DIR)/R
 
 $(FASTR_BIN_DIR)/R: Makefile R.sh Rscript.sh Rscript_exec.sh Rclasspath.sh
 	cp -r $(BIN_FILES) $(FASTR_BIN_DIR)
-	# cp  $(FASTR_R_HOME)/com.oracle.truffle.r.native/gnur/patch/bin-patch/* $(FASTR_BIN_DIR)
 	
     # overide bin/R
 	cp R.sh $(FASTR_BIN_DIR)/exec/R
@@ -82,7 +81,7 @@ $(FASTR_BIN_DIR)/R: Makefile R.sh Rscript.sh Rscript_exec.sh Rclasspath.sh
 	# update R_HOME_DIR to FastR, --help to -r-help because --help is handled by FastR, and pass args to Rcmd (esp. --jvm)
 	(sed -e 's!^\(R_HOME_DIR=\)\(.*\)!\1"$(FASTR_R_HOME)"!' | \
 	 sed -e 's/    -h.--help./    --r-help\)/' | \
-	 sed -e 's!      exec sh "$${R_HOME}/bin/Rcmd" "$${@}" ;;!      FASTR_INTERNAL_ARGS="$${FASTR_INTERNAL_ARGS} $${args}" exec sh "$${R_HOME}/bin/Rcmd" "$${@}" ;;!') < $(R_SCRIPT) > $(FASTR_BIN_DIR)/R
+	 sed -e 's!      exec sh "$${R_HOME}/bin/Rcmd" "$${@}" ;;!      FASTR_INTERNAL_ARGS=`echo "$${FASTR_INTERNAL_ARGS} $${args}" | $${SED} -e 's/^[[:space:]]*//'` exec sh "$${R_HOME}/bin/Rcmd" "$${@}" ;;!') < $(R_SCRIPT) > $(FASTR_BIN_DIR)/R
 	chmod +x $(FASTR_BIN_DIR)/R 
 	touch $(FASTR_ETC_DIR)/ldpaths
 	sed -e "s|\(R_LIBS_USER=.*-'\)\(.*\)'}|\1$(FASTR_R_HOME)/library'}|" < $(GNUR_HOME_BINARY)/etc/Renviron > $(FASTR_ETC_DIR)/Renviron
diff --git a/com.oracle.truffle.r.native/run/edMakeconf.etc b/com.oracle.truffle.r.native/run/edMakeconf.etc
index 56acb23b418b5497dc0e148d6599ff24bc54540e..af6567fefcf39bbb9a2b60fe821d7633ec4b0cd1 100644
--- a/com.oracle.truffle.r.native/run/edMakeconf.etc
+++ b/com.oracle.truffle.r.native/run/edMakeconf.etc
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 /^CXXFLAGS/s/$/ -DFASTR/
 /^CPPFLAGS/s/$/ -DFASTR/
 g/JAVA_HOME =/d
+g/JAVAC =/d
+g/JAVAH =/d
+g/JAVA =/d
+g/JAVA_LIBS =/d
+g/JAVA_LD_LIBRARY_PATH =/d
+g/JAVA_CPPFLAGS =/d
 /LIBINTL=/
 d
 /LIBR =/