diff --git a/src/Makefile b/src/Makefile
index 63898eb..e59f909 100644
--- a/src/Makefile
+++ b/src/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CPPFLAGSF= -I ../include
 CPPFLAGS=
 CFLAGSF	= -W -fPIC
 CFLAGS	= -g -Wall -O2 -pedantic
-LDFLAGS	= 
+LDFLAGSF= 
 AR	= ar
 RANLIB	= ranlib
 CCSHARED= $(CC) -shared
diff --git a/src/project.conf b/src/project.conf
index 7012ced..623af02 100644
--- a/src/project.conf
+++ b/src/project.conf
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ cppflags=
 cflags_force=-W -fPIC
 cflags=-g -Wall -O2 -pedantic
 #XXX get rid of this dependency
-ldflags=-lsocket
+ldflags_force=-lsocket
 dist=Makefile,token.h,python/project.conf,python/Makefile,python/libSystem.c,python/libSystem.py
 
 [libSystem]