diff --git a/bin/xbps-bin/Makefile b/bin/xbps-bin/Makefile
index 5a5231716a0..aa1a060fc2c 100644
--- a/bin/xbps-bin/Makefile
+++ b/bin/xbps-bin/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ all: $(BIN)
 .PHONY: all
 
 $(BIN): $(OBJS)
-	$(CC) -g $(LDFLAGS) $^ -o $@
+	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) $^ -o $@
 
 .PHONY: clean
 clean: clean-bins clean-objs
diff --git a/vars.mk b/vars.mk
index 51e024b5458..9eb5ff598be 100644
--- a/vars.mk
+++ b/vars.mk
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ LIBDIR	?= $(PREFIX)/lib
 ETCDIR	?= $(PREFIX)/etc
 TOPDIR	?= ..
 
-LDFLAGS += -L$(TOPDIR)/lib -L$(PREFIX) -lxbps
+LDFLAGS += -L$(TOPDIR)/lib -L$(PREFIX)/lib -lxbps
 CPPFLAGS += -I$(TOPDIR)/include
 CFLAGS += -Wstack-protector -fstack-protector-all
 CFLAGS += -O2 -Wall -Werror -fPIC -DPIC