diff --git a/SDL/Makefile b/SDL/Makefile
index 4c4c528b..91ff6a4a 100644
--- a/SDL/Makefile
+++ b/SDL/Makefile
@@ -99,18 +99,12 @@ CUTVALUEFLAG_FLAGS = -DCUT_VALUE_DEBUG
 
 $(LIB_CPU): $(CCOBJECTS_CPU) $(LSTOBJECTS_CPU)
 	$(LD_CPU) $(SOFLAGS_CPU) $^ -o $@
-	mkdir -p cpu
-	ln -sf ../$@ cpu/$(@:_cpu.so=.so)
 
 $(LIB_CUDA): $(CCOBJECTS_CUDA) $(LSTOBJECTS_CUDA)
 	$(LD_CUDA) $(SOFLAGS_CUDA) $^ -o $@
-	mkdir -p cuda
-	ln -sf ../$@ cuda/$(@:_cuda.so=.so)
 
 $(LIB_ROCM): $(CCOBJECTS_ROCM) $(LSTOBJECTS_ROCM)
 	$(LD_ROCM) $(SOFLAGS_ROCM) $^ -o $@
-	mkdir -p rocm
-	ln -sf ../$@ rocm/$(@:_rocm.so=.so)
 
 explicit: $(LIBS)
 
@@ -126,9 +120,6 @@ clean:
 	rm -f *.o
 	rm -f *.d
 	rm -f *.so
-	rm -rf cpu/
-	rm -rf cuda/
-	rm -rf rocm/
 
 .PHONY: clean explicit explicit_cache explicit_cache_cutvalue format check check-fix
 
diff --git a/bin/sdl_make_tracklooper b/bin/sdl_make_tracklooper
index 78e72acb..68a5a82d 100755
--- a/bin/sdl_make_tracklooper
+++ b/bin/sdl_make_tracklooper
@@ -79,7 +79,8 @@ if [ -z ${PTCUTVALUE} ]; then PTCUTVALUE=0.8; fi
 if [ "${CPUBACKEND}" == false ] && [ "${CUDABACKEND}" == false ] && [ "${ROCMBACKEND}" == false ]; then
   CPUBACKEND=true
   CUDABACKEND=true
-elif [ "${ALLBACKENDS}" == true ]; then
+fi
+if [ "${ALLBACKENDS}" == true ]; then
   CPUBACKEND=true
   CUDABACKEND=true
   ROCMBACKEND=true
diff --git a/bin/sdl_run b/bin/sdl_run
index 5eb5f89b..32a1cc6f 100755
--- a/bin/sdl_run
+++ b/bin/sdl_run
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ elif [ "${BACKEND}" == "rocm" ]; then
   fi
   ln -s -f ${TRACKLOOPERDIR}/bin/sdl_rocm ${TRACKLOOPERDIR}/bin/sdl
 elif [ "${BACKEND}" == "default" ]; then
-  if [[ ! -L ${TRACKLOOPERDIR}/bin/sdl || ! -e ${TRACKLOOPERDIR}/bin/sdl ]]; then
+  if [[ ! -e ${TRACKLOOPERDIR}/bin/sdl ]]; then
     echo "Error: default backend was not found. Please recompile."
     exit 1
   fi