diff --git a/build/top.mk b/build/top.mk
index b2a1d80f7e24e3d1b52d7f1867273f4aa103a609..3d2f5e35124d67137d8738ff31793780541458a0 100644
--- a/build/top.mk
+++ b/build/top.mk
@@ -145,9 +145,7 @@ SLAPD_SQL_LDFLAGS = @SLAPD_SQL_LDFLAGS@
 SLAPD_SQL_INCLUDES = @SLAPD_SQL_INCLUDES@
 SLAPD_SQL_LIBS = @SLAPD_SQL_LIBS@
 
-SLAPD_LIBS = @SLAPD_LIBS@ \
-	@SLAPD_PERL_LDFLAGS@ \
-	@SLAPD_SQL_LDFLAGS@ @SLAPD_SQL_LIBS@
+SLAPD_LIBS = @SLAPD_LIBS@ @SLAPD_PERL_LDFLAGS@ @SLAPD_SQL_LDFLAGS@ @SLAPD_SQL_LIBS@
 SLURPD_LIBS = @SLURPD_LIBS@
 
 # Our Defaults