diff --git a/package/dvb-apps/dvb-apps.mk b/package/dvb-apps/dvb-apps.mk
index 2a35d293f6..98ff7eb31e 100644
--- a/package/dvb-apps/dvb-apps.mk
+++ b/package/dvb-apps/dvb-apps.mk
@@ -10,17 +10,15 @@ DVB_APPS_SITE_METHOD = hg
 DVB_APPS_LICENSE = GPLv2 GPLv2+ LGPLv2.1+
 DVB_APPS_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING COPYING.LGPL
 
-DVB_APPS_LDFLAGS = $(TARGET_LDFLAGS)
-
 ifeq ($(BR2_ENABLE_LOCALE),)
 DVB_APPS_DEPENDENCIES = libiconv
-DVB_APPS_LDFLAGS += -liconv
+DVB_APPS_LDLIBS += -liconv
 endif
 
 DVB_APPS_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 
 define DVB_APPS_BUILD_CMDS
-	$(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) LDFLAGS="$(DVB_APPS_LDFLAGS)" \
+	$(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) LDLIBS="$(DVB_APPS_LDLIBS)" \
 		$(MAKE) -C $(@D) CROSS_ROOT=$(STAGING_DIR) V=1
 endef