diff --git a/core/linux-sun7i/PKGBUILD b/core/linux-sun7i/PKGBUILD
index d85b5d2fa..42474834f 100644
--- a/core/linux-sun7i/PKGBUILD
+++ b/core/linux-sun7i/PKGBUILD
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ source=("https://github.com/cubieboard2/linux-sunxi/archive/${_commit}.tar.gz"
         'config')
 md5sums=('7fa48cc5b9d8917601aa1f95818a6a08'
          '079967b44c4e96f8d9a099c4d90f1a51')
+
 prepare() {
   cd "${srcdir}/${_srcname}"
 
@@ -35,6 +36,8 @@ prepare() {
 build() {
   cd "${srcdir}/${_srcname}"
 
+  LDFLAGS=""
+
   # get kernel version
   make prepare