diff --git a/Makefile.flags b/Makefile.flags
index 4c24ad690..2109fdf11 100644
--- a/Makefile.flags
+++ b/Makefile.flags
@@ -105,12 +105,12 @@ ifeq ($(CONFIG_DMALLOC),y)
 LDLIBS += dmalloc
 endif
 
-# If a flat binary should be built, CFLAGS_busybox="-Wl,-elf2flt"
+# If a flat binary should be built, CFLAGS_busybox="-elf2flt"
 # env var should be set for make invocation.
 # Here we check whether CFLAGS_busybox indeed contains that flag.
 # (For historical reasons, we also check LDFLAGS, which doesn't
-# seem to be entirely correct variable to put "-Wl,-elf2flt" into).
-W_ELF2FLT = -Wl,-elf2flt
+# seem to be entirely correct variable to put "-elf2flt" into).
+W_ELF2FLT = -elf2flt
 ifneq (,$(findstring $(W_ELF2FLT),$(LDFLAGS) $(CFLAGS_busybox)))
 SKIP_STRIP = y
 endif