--- ./common.mk.bad	2011-08-19 15:34:03 +0200
+++ ./common.mk	2012-01-17 22:18:13 +0100
@@ -13,9 +13,12 @@
 	$(call cc-option,-Wwrite-strings) \
 	$(call cc-option,-Wno-sign-compare)
 CFLAGS += $(WFLAGS)
-SECTION_CFLAGS := $(call cc-option,-ffunction-sections -fdata-sections -Wl$(comma)--gc-sections)
+SECTION_CFLAGS := $(call cc-option,-ffunction-sections -fdata-sections)
 CFLAGS += $(SECTION_CFLAGS)
 
+SECTION_LDFLAGS := $(call cc-option,-Wl$(comma)--gc-sections)
+LDFLAGS += $(SECTION_LDFLAGS)
+
 ifneq ($(WITHOUT_LARGEFILE), 1)
   CPPFLAGS += -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64
 endif