diff --git a/packages/linux-drivers/asix-ax887xx/build b/packages/linux-drivers/asix-ax887xx/build
index 743793fa33..2b946b0378 100755
--- a/packages/linux-drivers/asix-ax887xx/build
+++ b/packages/linux-drivers/asix-ax887xx/build
@@ -22,8 +22,5 @@
 
 . config/options $1
 
-# dont use our LDFLAGS, use the KERNEL LDFLAGS
-  LDFLAGS=""
-
 cd $PKG_BUILD
-  make V=1 CC=$CC KDIR=$(kernel_path)
+  LDFLAGS="" make V=1 CC=$CC KDIR=$(kernel_path)