diff --git a/GNUmakefile b/GNUmakefile
index e87ed29f98..29971775a4 100755
--- a/GNUmakefile
+++ b/GNUmakefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ ifdef CONFIG
 	BUNDLE = Factor.app
 	LIBPATH = -L/usr/X11R6/lib
 
-	CFLAGS = -Wall -Wl,--no-as-needed $(SITE_CFLAGS)
+	CFLAGS = -Wall $(SITE_CFLAGS)
 
 	ifdef DEBUG
 		CFLAGS += -g -DFACTOR_DEBUG
diff --git a/vm/Config.linux b/vm/Config.linux
index 536e66dd03..3a2539d930 100644
--- a/vm/Config.linux
+++ b/vm/Config.linux
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 include vm/Config.unix
 PLAF_DLL_OBJS += vm/os-genunix.o vm/os-linux.o vm/mvm-unix.o
 LIBS = -ldl -lm -lrt -lpthread $(X11_UI_LIBS) -Wl,--export-dynamic
+SITE_CFLAGS += -Wl,--no-as-needed