--- a/higan-ui/GNUmakefile
+++ b/higan-ui/GNUmakefile
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
 
 all: $(all.objects)
 	$(info Linking $(output.path)/$(name) ...)
-	+@$(compiler) -o $(output.path)/$(name) $(all.objects) $(all.options)
+	$(compiler) $(LDFLAGS) -o $(output.path)/$(name) $(all.objects) $(all.options)
 ifeq ($(platform),macos)
 	rm -rf $(output.path)/$(name).app
 	mkdir -p $(output.path)/$(name).app/Contents/MacOS/
--- a/hiro/GNUmakefile
+++ b/hiro/GNUmakefile
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
 	$(if $(filter qt%,$(hiro)),$(info Compiling $(hiro.path)/qt/qt.moc ...))
 	$(if $(filter qt%,$(hiro)),@$(moc) -i -o $(hiro.path)/qt/qt.moc $(hiro.path)/qt/qt.hpp)
 	$(info Compiling $(subst ../,,$<) ...)
-	@$(compiler) $(hiro.flags) $(flags) $(flags.deps) -c $< -o $@
+	$(compiler) $(hiro.flags) $(flags) $(flags.deps) -c $< -o $@
 
 $(object.path)/hiro-resource.o: $(hiro.resource)
 	$(info Compiling $(subst ../,,$<) ...)
--- a/icarus/GNUmakefile
+++ b/icarus/GNUmakefile
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 all: $(hiro.objects) $(objects)
 	$(info Linking $(output.path)/$(name) ...)
-	+@$(compiler) -o $(output.path)/$(name) $(hiro.objects) $(objects) $(hiro.options) $(options)
+	$(compiler) $(LDFLAGS) -o $(output.path)/$(name) $(hiro.objects) $(objects) $(hiro.options) $(options)
 ifeq ($(platform),macos)
 	rm -rf $(output.path)/$(name).app
 	mkdir -p $(output.path)/$(name).app/Contents/MacOS/
--- a/nall/GNUmakefile
+++ b/nall/GNUmakefile
@@ -77,17 +77,7 @@
 endif
 
 # build optimization levels
-ifeq ($(build),debug)
-  flags += -Og -g -DBUILD_DEBUG
-else ifeq ($(build),stable)
-  flags += -O1 -DBUILD_STABLE
-else ifeq ($(build),size)
-  flags += -Os -DBUILD_SIZE
-else ifeq ($(build),release)
-  flags += -O2 -DBUILD_RELEASE
-else ifeq ($(build),performance)
-  flags += -O3 -DBUILD_PERFORMANCE
-endif
+flags += $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) -DBUILD_RELEASE
 
 # link-time optimization
 ifeq ($(lto),true)
@@ -167,7 +157,7 @@
 
 %.o: $<
 	$(info Compiling $(subst ../,,$<) ...)
-	@$(call compile)
+	$(call compile)
 
 # function compile([arguments])
 compile = \
--- a/ruby/GNUmakefile
+++ b/ruby/GNUmakefile
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
 
 $(object.path)/ruby.o: $(ruby.path)/ruby.cpp $(call rwildcard,$(ruby.path))
 	$(info Compiling $(subst ../,,$<) ...)
-	@$(compiler) $(ruby.flags) $(flags) $(flags.deps) -c $< -o $@
+	$(compiler) $(ruby.flags) $(flags) $(flags.deps) -c $< -o $@
 
 ruby.verbose:
 	$(info ruby Drivers:)
--- a/sourcery/GNUmakefile
+++ b/sourcery/GNUmakefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 all: $(objects)
 	$(info Linking out/$(name) ...)
-	+@$(compiler) -o out/$(name) $(objects) $(options)
+	$(compiler) $(LDFLAGS) -o out/$(name) $(objects) $(options)
 
 verbose: nall.verbose all;