diff --git a/unittests/Makefile.unittest b/unittests/Makefile.unittest
index e09c08f208e..76051e497c9 100644
--- a/unittests/Makefile.unittest
+++ b/unittests/Makefile.unittest
@@ -20,12 +20,12 @@ LLVMUnitTestExe = $(BuildMode)/$(TESTNAME)Tests$(EXEEXT)
 
 CPP.Flags += -I$(LLVM_SRC_ROOT)/utils/unittest/googletest/include/
 CPP.Flags += -Wno-variadic-macros
-LIBS += -lGoogleTest -lUnitTestMain
+TESTLIBS = -lGoogleTest -lUnitTestMain
 
 $(LLVMUnitTestExe): $(ObjectsO) $(ProjLibsPaths) $(LLVMLibsPaths)
 	$(Echo) Linking $(BuildMode) unit test $(TESTNAME) $(StripWarnMsg)
 	$(Verb) $(Link) -o $@ $(TOOLLINKOPTS) $(ObjectsO) $(ProjLibsOptions) \
-	$(LLVMLibsOptions) $(ExtraLibs) $(TOOLLINKOPTSB) $(LIBS) 
+	$(TESTLIBS) $(LLVMLibsOptions) $(ExtraLibs) $(TOOLLINKOPTSB) $(LIBS)
 	$(Echo) ======= Finished Linking $(BuildMode) Unit test $(TESTNAME) \
           $(StripWarnMsg)