diff --git a/make/compiler_flags b/make/compiler_flags
index 929647ee77d..a736830fc1a 100644
--- a/make/compiler_flags
+++ b/make/compiler_flags
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Find files subroutine for different operating system
 # This is recursive version of the makefiles wildcard function
-findfiles = $(foreach d,$(wildcard $(addsuffix *,$(1))),$(call findfiles,$(d)/,$(2)) $(wildcard $(d)/$(2)))
+findfiles = $(subst \n,,$(foreach d,$(wildcard $(addsuffix *,$(1))),$(call findfiles,$(d)/,$(2)) $(wildcard $(d)/$(2))))
 
 ifneq ($(OS),Windows_NT)
 GENERATE_DISTRIBUTION_TESTS=true
diff --git a/makefile b/makefile
index cba287ce86e..4174a189fad 100644
--- a/makefile
+++ b/makefile
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ clean-all: clean clean-doxygen clean-deps clean-libraries
 
 .PHONY: test-math-dependencies
 test-math-dependencies:
-	@python runChecks.py
+	@./runChecks.py
 ##
 # Debug target that allows you to print a variable
 ##