diff --git a/tools/fiptool/Makefile b/tools/fiptool/Makefile
index 0a46ad7..29eac2a 100644
--- a/tools/fiptool/Makefile
+++ b/tools/fiptool/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2014-2016, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
+# Copyright (c) 2014-2017, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
 #
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 #
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 PROJECT := fiptool${BIN_EXT}
 OBJECTS := fiptool.o tbbr_config.o
 V := 0
-COPIED_H_FILES := uuid.h firmware_image_package.h
 
 override CPPFLAGS += -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=700
 CFLAGS := -Wall -Werror -pedantic -std=c99
@@ -28,8 +27,7 @@
   Q :=
 endif
 
-# Only include from local directory (see comment below).
-INCLUDE_PATHS := -I.
+INCLUDE_PATHS := -I. -I../../include/tools_share
 
 CC := gcc
 
@@ -48,24 +46,9 @@
 	${Q}mkdir -p ../fip_create
 	${Q}install -m 755 fip_create.sh ../fip_create/fip_create
 
-%.o: %.c %.h ${COPIED_H_FILES} Makefile
+%.o: %.c %.h Makefile
 	@echo "  CC      $<"
 	${Q}${CC} -c ${CPPFLAGS} ${CFLAGS} ${INCLUDE_PATHS} $< -o $@
 
-#
-# Copy required library headers to a local directory so they can be included
-# by this project without adding the library directories to the system include
-# path. This avoids conflicts with definitions in the compiler standard
-# include path.
-#
-uuid.h : ../../include/lib/stdlib/sys/uuid.h
-	$(call SHELL_COPY,$<,$@)
-
-firmware_image_package.h : ../../include/common/firmware_image_package.h
-	$(call SHELL_COPY,$<,$@)
-
 clean:
 	$(call SHELL_DELETE_ALL, ${PROJECT} ${OBJECTS} fip_create)
-
-distclean: clean
-	$(call SHELL_DELETE_ALL, ${COPIED_H_FILES})