diff --git a/package/dosfstools/dosfstools.mk b/package/dosfstools/dosfstools.mk
index 8212f3fa65..a6b83d0d1e 100644
--- a/package/dosfstools/dosfstools.mk
+++ b/package/dosfstools/dosfstools.mk
@@ -9,14 +9,13 @@ DOSFSTOOLS_SOURCE = dosfstools-$(DOSFSTOOLS_VERSION).tar.xz
 DOSFSTOOLS_SITE = http://daniel-baumann.ch/files/software/dosfstools
 DOSFSTOOLS_LICENSE = GPLv3+
 DOSFSTOOLS_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
-DOSFSTOOLS_LDFLAGS = $(TARGET_LDFLAGS)
 
 # Avoid target dosfstools dependencies, no host-libiconv
 HOST_DOSFSTOOLS_DEPENDENCIES =
 
 ifneq ($(BR2_ENABLE_LOCALE),y)
 DOSFSTOOLS_DEPENDENCIES += libiconv
-DOSFSTOOLS_LDFLAGS += -liconv
+DOSFSTOOLS_LDLIBS += -liconv
 endif
 
 FATLABEL_BINARY = fatlabel
@@ -24,8 +23,7 @@ FSCK_FAT_BINARY = fsck.fat
 MKFS_FAT_BINARY = mkfs.fat
 
 define DOSFSTOOLS_BUILD_CMDS
-	$(MAKE) CFLAGS="$(TARGET_CFLAGS)" CC="$(TARGET_CC)" \
-		LDFLAGS="$(DOSFSTOOLS_LDFLAGS)" -C $(@D)
+	$(MAKE) $(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) LDLIBS="$(DOSFSTOOLS_LDLIBS)" -C $(@D)
 endef
 
 DOSFSTOOLS_INSTALL_BIN_FILES_$(BR2_PACKAGE_DOSFSTOOLS_FATLABEL)+=$(FATLABEL_BINARY)