diff --git a/lang/cem/cemcom/Makefile b/lang/cem/cemcom/Makefile
index 94f122ded..b87df0140 100644
--- a/lang/cem/cemcom/Makefile
+++ b/lang/cem/cemcom/Makefile
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ TABGEN = $(EMHOME)/bin/tabgen
 PROF = #-pg
 CDEFS =	$(EM_INCLUDES) $(LIB_INCLUDES)
 CFLAGS = $(CDEFS) $(COPTIONS) -O $(PROF)
-LDFLAGS = -i $(PROF)
+LDFLAGS = $(PROF)
 
 # Grammar files and their objects
 LSRC =	tokenfile.g declar.g statement.g expression.g program.g ival.g
diff --git a/lang/m2/m2mm/Makefile b/lang/m2/m2mm/Makefile
index 7f2774789..4fa579feb 100644
--- a/lang/m2/m2mm/Makefile
+++ b/lang/m2/m2mm/Makefile
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ HOMEDIR =
 CFLAGS = -O $(PROFILE) $(INCLUDES) -DSTATIC= -DM2COMPILER=\"$(M2COMPILER)\" -DDEF_DIR=\"$(DEFDIR)\" $(HOMEDIR)
 LINTFLAGS = -DSTATIC= -DNORCSID
 MALLOC = $(LIBDIR)/malloc.o
-LDFLAGS = -i $(PROFILE)
+LDFLAGS = $(PROFILE)
 LSRC =	tokenfile.c program.c declar.c expression.c statement.c
 LOBJ =	tokenfile.o program.o declar.o expression.o statement.o
 CSRC =	LLlex.c LLmessage.c error.c main.c lib.c \
diff --git a/lang/occam/comp/Makefile b/lang/occam/comp/Makefile
index 0d2335fc9..86e5c6c44 100644
--- a/lang/occam/comp/Makefile
+++ b/lang/occam/comp/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ LIBRARY=	$(MODLIB)/libem_mes.a $(MODLIB)/libemk.a \
 		$(MODLIB)/libstring.a \
 		$(MODLIB)/libsystem.a $(LEXLIB)
 CFLAGS =	-Dvoid=int -O $(INCL)
-LDFLAGS =	-i
+LDFLAGS =
 # void = int, because some compilers don't understand void
 HSRC =		code.h em.h expr.h sizes.h symtab.h token.h
 CSRC =		builtin.c code.c em.c expr.c keytab.c report.c symtab.c
diff --git a/util/make/Makefile b/util/make/Makefile
index 1e98ebcae..bd2aa4ff6 100644
--- a/util/make/Makefile
+++ b/util/make/Makefile
@@ -24,6 +24,6 @@ opr:
 	make pr ^ opr
 
 make:	$(OBJS)
-	$(CC) -i -o make $(OBJS)
+	$(CC) -o make $(OBJS)
 
 $(OBJS):	h.h