diff --git a/boards/native/Makefile.include b/boards/native/Makefile.include
index 6260117129213919a1e88e7f91b7a15430d66d9a..974effb34116cd5e08365eb6a4bdb58fa868c999 100644
--- a/boards/native/Makefile.include
+++ b/boards/native/Makefile.include
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ else
   export DEBUGGER ?= gdb
 endif
 
-export TERMPROG ?= $(ELFFILE)
+TERMPROG ?= $(ELFFILE)
 export FLASHER = true
 export VALGRIND ?= valgrind
 export CGANNOTATE ?= cg_annotate
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ else
   export PORT =
 endif
 
-export TERMFLAGS := $(PORT) $(TERMFLAGS)
+TERMFLAGS := $(PORT) $(TERMFLAGS)
 
 export ASFLAGS =
 ifeq ($(shell basename $(DEBUGGER)),lldb)
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ debug-valgrind-server: export VALGRIND_FLAGS ?= --vgdb=yes --vgdb-error=0 -v \
 	--leak-check=full --track-origins=yes --fullpath-after=$(RIOTBASE) \
 	--read-var-info=yes
 term-cachegrind: export CACHEGRIND_FLAGS += --tool=cachegrind
-term-gprof: export TERMPROG = GMON_OUT_PREFIX=gmon.out $(ELFFILE)
+term-gprof: TERMPROG = GMON_OUT_PREFIX=gmon.out $(ELFFILE)
 all-valgrind: export CFLAGS += -DHAVE_VALGRIND_H -g
 all-valgrind: export NATIVEINCLUDES += $(shell pkg-config valgrind --cflags)
 all-debug: export CFLAGS += -g