diff --git a/code/qcommon/vm_x86_64.c b/code/qcommon/vm_x86_64.c
index f90b7ff3..2111f4e6 100644
--- a/code/qcommon/vm_x86_64.c
+++ b/code/qcommon/vm_x86_64.c
@@ -385,12 +385,11 @@ static int doas(char* in, char* out, unsigned char** compiledcode)
 
 	if((*compiledcode = (unsigned char*)buf))
 	{
-#ifdef VM_X86_64_STANDALONE // no idea why
-		if(mprotect(buf, allocsize, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC) == -1)
+		// need to be able to exec code
+		if(mprotect(buf, allocsize, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE|PROT_EXEC) == -1)
 		{
 			Com_Error(ERR_FATAL, "mprotect failed on %p+%x: %s\n", buf, allocsize, strerror(errno));
 		}
-#endif
 		return size;
 	}
 
diff --git a/code/unix/Makefile b/code/unix/Makefile
index d1966617..4c4a42d0 100644
--- a/code/unix/Makefile
+++ b/code/unix/Makefile
@@ -870,13 +870,6 @@ ifeq ($(ARCH),x86)
 endif
 ifeq ($(ARCH),x86_64)
   Q3OBJ += $(B)/client/vm_x86_64.o
-
-  #FIXME: why do these need to be here?
-  Q3OBJ += \
-    $(B)/client/snd_mixa.o \
-    $(B)/client/matha.o \
-    $(B)/client/ftola.o \
-    $(B)/client/snapvectora.o
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(ARCH),ppc)