---
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -964,7 +964,7 @@ ${UTILLIB21}: ${UTILLIB21_OBJS} ${FWLIB2
 # Link tests for external repos
 ${BUILD}/host/linktest/extern: ${HOSTLIB}
 ${BUILD}/host/linktest/extern: LIBS = ${HOSTLIB}
-${BUILD}/host/linktest/extern: LDLIBS += -static
+#${BUILD}/host/linktest/extern: LDLIBS += -static
 TEST_OBJS += ${BUILD}/host/linktest/extern.o
 
 .PHONY: hostlib
@@ -1056,7 +1056,7 @@ ${UTIL_BINS} ${UTIL_BINS_STATIC}: ${UTIL
 ${UTIL_BINS} ${UTIL_BINS_STATIC}: LIBS = ${UTILLIB}
 
 # Utilities for auto-update toolkits must be statically linked.
-${UTIL_BINS_STATIC}: LDFLAGS += -static
+${UTIL_BINS_STATIC}:
 
 
 .PHONY: utils
@@ -1089,7 +1089,7 @@ futil: ${FUTIL_STATIC_BIN} ${FUTIL_BIN}
 
 ${FUTIL_STATIC_BIN}: ${FUTIL_STATIC_OBJS} ${UTILLIB}
 	@${PRINTF} "    LD            $(subst ${BUILD}/,,$@)\n"
-	${Q}${LD} -o $@ ${CFLAGS} ${LDFLAGS} -static $^ ${LDLIBS}
+	${Q}${LD} -o $@ ${CFLAGS} ${LDFLAGS} $^ ${LDLIBS}
 
 ${FUTIL_BIN}: LDLIBS += ${CRYPTO_LIBS}
 ${FUTIL_BIN}: ${FUTIL_OBJS} ${UTILLIB}