diff --git a/src/xinterpreter.cpp b/src/xinterpreter.cpp
index f099b688..a505c752 100644
--- a/src/xinterpreter.cpp
+++ b/src/xinterpreter.cpp
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ using Args = std::vector<const char*>;
 
 void* createInterpreter(const Args &ExtraArgs = {}) {
   Args ClangArgs = {/*"-xc++"*/"-v"}; // ? {"-Xclang", "-emit-llvm-only", "-Xclang", "-diagnostic-log-file", "-Xclang", "-", "-xc++"};
+#ifndef EMSCRIPTEN
   if (std::find_if(ExtraArgs.begin(), ExtraArgs.end(), [](const std::string& s) {
     return s == "-resource-dir";}) == ExtraArgs.end()) {
     std::string resource_dir = Cpp::DetectResourceDir();
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ void* createInterpreter(const Args &ExtraArgs = {}) {
     ClangArgs.push_back("-isystem");
     ClangArgs.push_back(CxxInclude.c_str());
   }
+#endif
   ClangArgs.insert(ClangArgs.end(), ExtraArgs.begin(), ExtraArgs.end());
   // FIXME: We should process the kernel input options and conditionally pass
   // the gpu args here.
@@ -357,7 +359,9 @@ __get_cxx_version ()
 
     void interpreter::init_includes()
     {
+#ifndef EMSCRIPTEN
         Cpp::AddIncludePath((xeus::prefix_path() + "/include/").c_str());
+#endif
     }
 
     void interpreter::init_preamble()