diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 77deaf9b8..a984bb47c 100644
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -1,7 +1,23 @@
 #!/usr/bin/make -f
+LDFLAGS=""
+export LDFLAGS
+CFLAGS=""
+export CFLAGS
+FFLAGS=""
+export FFLAGS
+FCFLAGS=""
+export FCFLAGS
+DEB_CFLAGS_SET=""
+export DEB_CFLAGS_SET
+DEB_CXXFLAGS_SET=""
+export DEB_CXXFLAGS_SET
+DEB_FFLAGS_SET=""
+export DEB_FFLAGS_SET
+DEB_FCFLAGS_SET="" 
+export DEB_FCFLAGS_SET
+DEB_LDFLAGS_SET=""
+export DEB_LDFLAGS_SET
 
-LDFLAGS+=-Wl,-z,defs -Wl,--as-needed
-#export LDFLAGS
 
 %:
 	dh $@ --buildsystem=meson --sourcedir=desmume/src/frontend/posix --builddir=desmume/src/frontend/posix/build