diff --git a/src/Makefile b/src/Makefile
index cff7836e..7660d744 100644
--- a/src/Makefile
+++ b/src/Makefile
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ espeakedit_CXXFLAGS = -I/usr/lib/wx/include/gtk2-unicode-release-2.6 \
 	-D_LARGE_FILES -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE=1 -DNO_GCC_PRAGMA -D_ESPEAKEDIT
 $(ESPEAKEDIT): $(espeakedit_OBJS)
 	# Linking $@
-	$(CXX) $(LDFLAGS) $(espeakedit_CXXFLAGS) $(espeakedit_LIBS) $(espeakedit_WX_LIBS) -o $@ $(espeakedit_OBJS)
+	$(CXX) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $(espeakedit_OBJS) $(espeakedit_LIBS) $(espeakedit_WX_LIBS)
 
 clean:
 	rm -f *.o *.a *~