diff --git a/src/srun/Makefile.am b/src/srun/Makefile.am
index 4a78a57771278d0edfb02c8e18c839e7a9cf3b08..61dbb868043aa4b1b5436b5925b36f3fbfa5224e 100644
--- a/src/srun/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/srun/Makefile.am
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = foreign
 INCLUDES = -I$(top_srcdir) 
 
 if WITH_TOTALVIEW
-TVFLAGS = -g -gstabs
+AM_CFLAGS = -gstabs
 SRUN_WRAPPER_OBJ = srun.wrapper.o
 endif
 
@@ -41,10 +41,6 @@ convenience_libs =  \
 	$(top_builddir)/src/common/libeio.la      \
 	$(top_builddir)/src/api/libslurm.la
 
-srun_CFLAGS = \
-	$(CFLAGS) \
-	$(TVFLAGS)
-
 srun_LDADD = \
 	$(SRUN_WRAPPER_OBJ) \
 	$(convenience_libs)