diff --git a/src/sbbs3/GNUmakefile b/src/sbbs3/GNUmakefile
index b2a149740f35a4dbdee232d84037b7707ecb331c..91cf2588d3213ef4c6c3ee5c5e658854fbe15e35 100644
--- a/src/sbbs3/GNUmakefile
+++ b/src/sbbs3/GNUmakefile
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ $(ASC2ANS): $(OBJODIR)/asc2ans.o
 # SEXYZ
 $(SEXYZ): $(SEXYZ_OBJS)
 	@echo Linking $@
-	$(QUIET)$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) $(MT_LDFLAGS) -o $@ $(SEXYZ_OBJS) $(SMBLIB_LIBS) $(XPDEV-MT_LIBS)
+	$(QUIET)$(CC) $(UTIL_LDFLAGS) $(MT_LDFLAGS) -o $@ $(SEXYZ_OBJS) $(SMBLIB_LIBS) $(XPDEV-MT_LIBS)
 
 # QWKNODES
 $(QWKNODES): $(QWKNODES_OBJS)