diff --git a/c/src/aclocal/prog-cc.m4 b/c/src/aclocal/prog-cc.m4
index 4371c17c6c..96a276a67f 100644
--- a/c/src/aclocal/prog-cc.m4
+++ b/c/src/aclocal/prog-cc.m4
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ AS_IF([test x"$rtems_cv_gcc_isystem" = xyes],[
 AC_SUBST(RTEMS_CPPFLAGS)
 
 AS_IF([test "$GCC" = yes],[
-  RTEMS_RELLDFLAGS="-qnolinkcmds -nostdlib -Wl,-r"
+  RTEMS_RELLDFLAGS="-qnolinkcmds -nostdlib -r"
 ])
 AC_SUBST(RTEMS_RELLDFLAGS)
 ])
diff --git a/cpukit/aclocal/prog-cc.m4 b/cpukit/aclocal/prog-cc.m4
index bb3259ebc5..d839eda9f7 100644
--- a/cpukit/aclocal/prog-cc.m4
+++ b/cpukit/aclocal/prog-cc.m4
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ RTEMS_CPPFLAGS="-I\$(top_builddir) -I\$(PROJECT_INCLUDE)"
 AC_SUBST(RTEMS_CPPFLAGS)
 
 AS_IF([test "$GCC" = yes],[
-  RTEMS_RELLDFLAGS="-qnolinkcmds -nostdlib -Wl,-r"
+  RTEMS_RELLDFLAGS="-qnolinkcmds -nostdlib -r"
 ])
 AC_SUBST(RTEMS_RELLDFLAGS)
 ])