diff --git a/Cantera/cxx/demos/Makefile.in b/Cantera/cxx/demos/Makefile.in
index bed5bc160..61b816e30 100644
--- a/Cantera/cxx/demos/Makefile.in
+++ b/Cantera/cxx/demos/Makefile.in
@@ -87,7 +87,6 @@ install:
 	@INSTALL@ *.cpp    @ct_demodir@/cxx
 	@INSTALL@ *.h      @ct_demodir@/cxx
 	@INSTALL@ Makefile.install @ct_demodir@/cxx/Makefile
-	chown -R @username@ @ct_demodir@/cxx
 
 depends: $(DEPENDS)
 	@MAKE@ .depends
@@ -103,3 +102,10 @@ clean:
            $(RM) -rf SunWS_cache ; \
          fi )
 
+TAGS:
+	etags *.h *.cpp
+
+ifeq ($(wildcard .depends), .depends)
+include .depends
+endif
+