diff --git a/optiboot/bootloaders/optiboot/Makefile b/optiboot/bootloaders/optiboot/Makefile
index 229138a..888d890 100644
--- a/optiboot/bootloaders/optiboot/Makefile
+++ b/optiboot/bootloaders/optiboot/Makefile
@@ -126,19 +126,12 @@ OPTIMIZE = -Os -fno-split-wide-types -mrelax
 
 DEFS       = 
 
-#
-# platforms support EEPROM and large bootloaders need the eeprom functions that
-# are defined in libc, even though we explicity remove it with -nostdlib because
-# of the space-savings.
-LIBS       =  -lc
-
 CC         = $(GCCROOT)avr-gcc
 
 # Override is only needed by avr-lib build system.
 
 override CFLAGS        = -g -Wall $(OPTIMIZE) -mmcu=$(MCU_TARGET) -DF_CPU=$(AVR_FREQ) $(DEFS)
-override LDFLAGS       = $(LDSECTIONS) -Wl,--relax -nostartfiles -nostdlib
-#-Wl,--gc-sections
+override LDFLAGS       = $(LDSECTIONS) -Wl,--relax -nostartfiles
 
 OBJCOPY        = $(GCCROOT)avr-objcopy
 OBJDUMP        = $(call fixpath,$(GCCROOT)avr-objdump)