diff -Nur a/Makefile b/Makefile
--- a/Makefile	2013-10-21 15:17:01.000000000 +0100
+++ b/Makefile	2017-12-03 19:42:08.110646392 +0000
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 PREFIX ?= /usr
 BINDIR ?= $(PREFIX)/bin
 MANDIR ?= $(PREFIX)/share/man/man1
-APPDIR ?= $(PREFIX)/share/applications
 
 PACKAGES = x11 xcomposite xfixes xdamage xrender xext xrandr
 LIBS = -lm -lrt
@@ -126,10 +125,9 @@
 docs: $(MANPAGES) $(MANPAGES_HTML)
 
 install: $(BINS) docs
-	@install -d "$(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)" "$(DESTDIR)$(MANDIR)" "$(DESTDIR)$(APPDIR)"
+	@install -d "$(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)" "$(DESTDIR)$(MANDIR)"
 	@install -m755 $(BINS) "$(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)"/ 
 	@install -m644 $(MANPAGES) "$(DESTDIR)$(MANDIR)"/
-	@install -m644 compton.desktop "$(DESTDIR)$(APPDIR)"/
 ifneq "$(DOCDIR)" ""
 	@install -d "$(DESTDIR)$(DOCDIR)"
 	@install -m644 README.md compton.sample.conf "$(DESTDIR)$(DOCDIR)"/
@@ -139,7 +137,6 @@
 uninstall:
 	@rm -f "$(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)/compton" "$(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)/compton-trans"
 	@rm -f $(addprefix "$(DESTDIR)$(MANDIR)"/, compton.1 compton-trans.1)
-	@rm -f "$(DESTDIR)$(APPDIR)/compton.desktop"
 ifneq "$(DOCDIR)" ""
 	@rm -f $(addprefix "$(DESTDIR)$(DOCDIR)"/, README.md compton.sample.conf cdbus-driver.sh)
 endif