diff --git a/makefiles/vars.inc.mk b/makefiles/vars.inc.mk
index cff66ea75bd84e9ba8ee17d94c3bd0aa20e30220..1344662348088c438586a24d8e12ccfff48dcf0f 100644
--- a/makefiles/vars.inc.mk
+++ b/makefiles/vars.inc.mk
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ export ARFLAGS               # Command-line options to pass to AR, default `rcs`
 export AS                    # The assembler.
 export ASFLAGS               # Flags for the assembler.
 export LINK                  # The command used to link the files. Must take the same parameters as GCC, i.e. "ld" won't work.
-export LINKFLAGS             # Flags to supply in the linking step.
+# LINKFLAGS                  # Flags to supply in the linking step.
 export LTOFLAGS              # extra CFLAGS for compiling with link time optimization
 export OBJCOPY               # The command used to create the HEXFILE.
 export OFLAGS                # The parameter for OBJCOPY, e.g. to strip the debug information.