diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index 7b7ccdef1133c1ec650369a1a1711eabdbe87d12..e7731e84525edee11dfbbfae0924d7aa184eedf5 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -126,25 +126,22 @@ export_symbols_icu = -export-symbols harfbuzz-icu.def
 harfbuzz_icu_def_dependency = harfbuzz-icu.def
 export_symbols_subset = -export-symbols harfbuzz-subset.def
 harfbuzz_subset_def_dependency = harfbuzz-subset.def
-choosed_linker = $(CXXLINK)
+chosen_linker = $(CXXLINK)
 else
 if WITH_LIBSTDCXX
-choosed_linker = $(CXXLINK)
+chosen_linker = $(CXXLINK)
 else
 if HAVE_GCC
 # Use a C linker for GCC, not C++; Don't link to libstdc++
-choosed_linker = $(LINK)
+chosen_linker = $(LINK)
 else
-choosed_linker = $(CXXLINK)
+chosen_linker = $(CXXLINK)
 endif
 endif
 endif
 
-libharfbuzz_la_LINK = $(choosed_linker) $(libharfbuzz_la_LDFLAGS)
-libharfbuzz_icu_la_LINK = $(choosed_linker) $(libharfbuzz_icu_la_LDFLAGS)
-libharfbuzz_subset_la_LINK = $(choosed_linker) $(libharfbuzz_subset_la_LDFLAGS)
-
 base_link_flags = $(AM_LDFLAGS) -lm -version-info $(HB_LIBTOOL_VERSION_INFO) -no-undefined
+libharfbuzz_la_LINK = $(chosen_linker) $(libharfbuzz_la_LDFLAGS)
 libharfbuzz_la_SOURCES = $(HBSOURCES) $(HBHEADERS) $(HBNODISTHEADERS)
 libharfbuzz_la_CPPFLAGS = $(HBCFLAGS)
 libharfbuzz_la_LDFLAGS = $(base_link_flags) $(export_symbols)
@@ -157,6 +154,7 @@ pkgconfig_DATA = harfbuzz.pc
 EXTRA_DIST += harfbuzz.pc.in
 
 lib_LTLIBRARIES += libharfbuzz-subset.la
+libharfbuzz_subset_la_LINK = $(chosen_linker) $(libharfbuzz_subset_la_LDFLAGS)
 libharfbuzz_subset_la_SOURCES = $(HB_SUBSET_sources)
 libharfbuzz_subset_la_CPPFLAGS = $(libharfbuzz_la_CPPFLAGS)
 libharfbuzz_subset_la_LDFLAGS = $(base_link_flags) $(export_symbols_subset)
@@ -194,6 +192,7 @@ HBSOURCES += $(HB_ICU_sources)
 HBHEADERS += $(HB_ICU_headers)
 else
 lib_LTLIBRARIES += libharfbuzz-icu.la
+libharfbuzz_icu_la_LINK = $(chosen_linker) $(libharfbuzz_icu_la_LDFLAGS)
 libharfbuzz_icu_la_SOURCES = $(HB_ICU_sources)
 libharfbuzz_icu_la_CPPFLAGS = $(libharfbuzz_la_CPPFLAGS) $(ICU_CFLAGS)
 libharfbuzz_icu_la_LDFLAGS = $(base_link_flags) $(export_symbols_icu)