diff --git a/srcpkgs/w3m/template b/srcpkgs/w3m/template
index a7c709f83b2..a9b47939bfa 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/w3m/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/w3m/template
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ LDFLAGS="-lX11"
 pre_build() {
 	# build host mktable
 	if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
-		make CC=cc CFLAGS=-Os LD=ld mktable
+		make CC=cc CFLAGS=-Os LD=ld LDFLAGS= mktable
 		mv mktable host-mktable
 		chmod 755 host-mktable
 		make clean