diff --git a/src/sbbs3/GNUmakefile b/src/sbbs3/GNUmakefile
index f1d1dabab259e34895e6cfacfaee1c96fabb2f5b..b2007c488db957588079079b86c58847e07da4f3 100644
--- a/src/sbbs3/GNUmakefile
+++ b/src/sbbs3/GNUmakefile
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@
 SRC_ROOT	=	..
 include $(SRC_ROOT)/build/Common.gmake
 
-UTIL_LDFLAGS	+=	$(LDFLAGS) $(SMBLIB_LDFLAGS) $(UIFC-MT_LDFLAGS) $(CIOLIB-MT_LDFLAGS) $(XPDEV_LDFLAGS)
+UTIL_LDFLAGS	:=	$(LDFLAGS)
+UTIL_LDFLAGS	+=	$(SMBLIB_LDFLAGS) $(UIFC-MT_LDFLAGS) $(CIOLIB-MT_LDFLAGS) $(XPDEV_LDFLAGS)
 UTIL_LIBS	+=	$(SMBLIB_LIBS)
 
 ifndef bcc