diff --git a/pyogg/flac.py b/pyogg/flac.py
index 37cc788..9fb7e95 100644
--- a/pyogg/flac.py
+++ b/pyogg/flac.py
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ __here = os.getcwd()
 libflac = None
 
 try:
-    libflac = ExternalLibrary.load("FLAC", tests = [lambda lib: hasattr(lib, "FLAC__EntropyCodingMethodTypeString")])
+    libflac = ctypes.CDLL('@flacLibPath@')
 except ExternalLibraryError:
     pass
 except:
diff --git a/pyogg/ogg.py b/pyogg/ogg.py
index 7264774..2702e24 100644
--- a/pyogg/ogg.py
+++ b/pyogg/ogg.py
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ __here = os.getcwd()
 libogg = None
 
 try:
-    libogg = ExternalLibrary.load("ogg", tests = [lambda lib: hasattr(lib, "oggpack_writeinit")])
+    libogg = ctypes.CDLL('@oggLibPath@')
 except ExternalLibraryError:
     pass
 except:
diff --git a/pyogg/opus.py b/pyogg/opus.py
index 81e73da..640e59c 100644
--- a/pyogg/opus.py
+++ b/pyogg/opus.py
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ __here = os.getcwd()
 libopus = None
 
 try:
-    libopus = ExternalLibrary.load("opus", tests = [lambda lib: hasattr(lib, "opus_encoder_get_size")])
+    libopus = ctypes.CDLL('@opusLibPath@')
 except ExternalLibraryError:
     pass
 except:
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ except:
 libopusfile = None
 
 try:
-    libopusfile = ExternalLibrary.load("opusfile", tests = [lambda lib: hasattr(lib, "opus_head_parse")])
+    libopusfile = ctypes.CDLL('@opusFileLibPath@')
 except ExternalLibraryError:
     pass
 except:
diff --git a/pyogg/vorbis.py b/pyogg/vorbis.py
index a8e4792..6f44d2d 100644
--- a/pyogg/vorbis.py
+++ b/pyogg/vorbis.py
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ __here = os.getcwd()
 libvorbis = None
 
 try:
-    libvorbis = ExternalLibrary.load("vorbis", tests = [lambda lib: hasattr(lib, "vorbis_info_init")])
+    libvorbis = ctypes.CDLL('@vorbisLibPath@')
 except ExternalLibraryError:
     pass
 except:
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ except:
 libvorbisfile = None
 
 try:
-    libvorbisfile = ExternalLibrary.load("vorbisfile", tests = [lambda lib: hasattr(lib, "ov_clear")])
+    libvorbisfile = ctypes.CDLL('@vorbisFileLibPath@')
 except ExternalLibraryError:
     pass
 except:
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ except:
 libvorbisenc = None
 
 try:
-    libvorbisenc = ExternalLibrary.load("vorbisenc", tests = [lambda lib: hasattr(lib, "vorbis_encode_init")])
+    libvorbisenc = ctypes.CDLL('@vorbisEncLibPath@')
 except ExternalLibraryError:
     pass
 except: