diff --git a/cpu/msp430/Makefile.msp430 b/cpu/msp430/Makefile.msp430
index 4057b3c5a..a5eeb7ff3 100644
--- a/cpu/msp430/Makefile.msp430
+++ b/cpu/msp430/Makefile.msp430
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ PROJECT_OBJECTFILES += ${addprefix $(OBJECTDIR)/,$(CONTIKI_TARGET_MAIN:.c=.o)}
 
 ifdef IAR
 %.ihex: %.co $(PROJECT_OBJECTFILES) $(PROJECT_LIBRARIES) contiki-$(TARGET).a
-	$(LD) $(LDFLAGSNO) -Fintel-extended -yn $(TARGET_STARTFILES) ${filter-out %.a,$^} ${filter %.a,$^} $(TARGET_LIBFILES) -o $@
+	$(LD) $(LDFLAGSNO) -Fintel-extended $(TARGET_STARTFILES) ${filter-out %.a,$^} ${filter %.a,$^} $(TARGET_LIBFILES) -o $@
 else
 %.ihex: %.$(TARGET)
 	$(OBJCOPY) $^ -O ihex $@