diff --git a/package/mongoose/mongoose.mk b/package/mongoose/mongoose.mk
index 702342b3b1..2705bdd4a5 100644
--- a/package/mongoose/mongoose.mk
+++ b/package/mongoose/mongoose.mk
@@ -10,12 +10,11 @@ MONGOOSE_LICENSE = GPL-2.0
 MONGOOSE_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
 MONGOOSE_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 
-MONGOOSE_CFLAGS = $(TARGET_CFLAGS) $(TARGET_LDFLAGS)
+MONGOOSE_CFLAGS = $(TARGET_CFLAGS)
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL),y)
 MONGOOSE_DEPENDENCIES += openssl
-# directly linked
-MONGOOSE_CFLAGS += -DNS_ENABLE_SSL -lssl -lcrypto -lz
+MONGOOSE_CFLAGS += -DNS_ENABLE_SSL
 endif
 
 define MONGOOSE_BUILD_CMDS