diff --git a/src/Makefile b/src/Makefile
index 7ae8218..5c990b0 100644
--- a/src/Makefile
+++ b/src/Makefile
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ endif
 ifeq ($(ZLIB), 1)
 	CXXFLAGS+= -DZLIB $(shell pkg-config --cflags zlib)
 endif
-LDFLAGS+=-L./core/ -g
+LIBS+=-L./core/
 ifneq ($(shell $(LD) --help 2| grep -- --as-needed), )
 	LDFLAGS+= -Wl,--as-needed
 endif
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ ifeq ($(ZLIB), 1)
 endif
 
 export CXXFLAGS
-export LIBS
 export LDFLAGS
 
 ifeq ($(ZLIB), 1)
diff --git a/src/gui/Makefile b/src/gui/Makefile
index 63c4ff5..7946736 100644
--- a/src/gui/Makefile
+++ b/src/gui/Makefile
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ LIBS+=-L../core -llshw -lresolv $(GTKLIBS)
 ifeq ($(SQLITE), 1)
 	LIBS+= $(shell pkg-config --libs sqlite3)
 endif
-LDFLAGS=
 ifneq ($(shell $(LD) --help 2| grep -- --as-needed), )
 	LDFLAGS+= -Wl,--as-needed
 endif