diff --git a/testsuite/tools/Makefile b/testsuite/tools/Makefile
index 7d53d226..e1d9bfef 100644
--- a/testsuite/tools/Makefile
+++ b/testsuite/tools/Makefile
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+CFLAGS=
 include ../../config.mk
 
 generate_nlmsg: generate_nlmsg.c ../../lib/libnetlink.c
-	$(CC) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(LDLIBS) $(EXTRA_CFLAGS) -I../../include -include../../include/uapi/linux/netlink.h -o $@ $^ -lmnl
+	$(CC) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(EXTRA_CFLAGS) -I../../include -include../../include/uapi/linux/netlink.h -o $@ $^ -lmnl
 
 clean:
 	rm -f generate_nlmsg