diff --git a/srcpkgs/stfl/template b/srcpkgs/stfl/template
index 89e5cf35014..6cde428130d 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/stfl/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/stfl/template
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ post_extract(){
 
 }
 do_build(){
-	LDFLAGS=""
+	unset	LDFLAGS
 }
 post_install(){
 	ln -sf libstfl.so.${version} ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/libstfl.so.0