diff --git a/src/plugins/select/bluegene/block_allocator/Makefile.am b/src/plugins/select/bluegene/block_allocator/Makefile.am
index 940adf1726e0a5b1391bea253eecc7447a376780..5061e0daa4aef45b99d182478cdccac67a2afaa4 100644
--- a/src/plugins/select/bluegene/block_allocator/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/plugins/select/bluegene/block_allocator/Makefile.am
@@ -26,5 +26,5 @@ libbluegene_block_allocator_la_SOURCES =    \
 	block_allocator.c bridge_linker.c block_allocator.h bridge_linker.h
 
 libbluegene_block_allocator_la_LDFLAGS        = \
-	$(LIB_LDFLAGS) $(BG_LDFLAGS) -lm    
+	$(LIB_LDFLAGS) -lm    
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/select/bluegene/block_allocator/Makefile.in b/src/plugins/select/bluegene/block_allocator/Makefile.in
index 1856b037d0774313a5987512b019ff784443f540..65d67a3ef89735670d7629bee182011531d7d508 100644
--- a/src/plugins/select/bluegene/block_allocator/Makefile.in
+++ b/src/plugins/select/bluegene/block_allocator/Makefile.in
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ libbluegene_block_allocator_la_SOURCES = \
 	block_allocator.c bridge_linker.c block_allocator.h bridge_linker.h
 
 libbluegene_block_allocator_la_LDFLAGS = \
-	$(LIB_LDFLAGS) $(BG_LDFLAGS) -lm    
+	$(LIB_LDFLAGS) -lm    
 
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