diff --git a/test/Linker/Makefile b/test/Linker/Makefile
index 3853e85983a..c18a877beed 100644
--- a/test/Linker/Makefile
+++ b/test/Linker/Makefile
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@ TESTS := $(wildcard *.ll)
 
 all:: $(addprefix Output/, $(TESTS:%.ll=%.ll.out))
 
-Output/%.ll.out: %.ll Output/.dir $(LOPT)
+Output/%.ll.out: %.ll Output/.dir $(LLINK)
 	-$(TESTRUNR) $<
diff --git a/test/Linker/testlink2.ll b/test/Linker/testlink2.ll
index 5aacf1a95b2..4e5d7d560b4 100644
--- a/test/Linker/testlink2.ll
+++ b/test/Linker/testlink2.ll
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+; This file is used by testlink1.ll, so it doesn't actually do anything itself
+;
+; RUN: echo
 
 %MyVar     = global int 4
 %MyIntList = uninitialized global { \2 *, int }