diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index dd6a9ff8ef..e3ef712aa2 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -647,7 +647,7 @@ menuselect: menuselect/menuselect menuselect-tree
 	-@menuselect/menuselect $(GLOBAL_MAKEOPTS) $(USER_MAKEOPTS) menuselect.makeopts && echo "menuselect changes saved!" || echo "menuselect changes NOT saved!"
 
 menuselect/menuselect: makeopts menuselect/menuselect.c menuselect/menuselect_curses.c menuselect/menuselect_stub.c menuselect/menuselect.h menuselect/linkedlists.h makeopts
-	@$(MAKE) -C menuselect
+	@unset CC LD AR RANLIB && $(MAKE) -C menuselect
 
 menuselect-tree: $(foreach dir,$(filter-out main,$(MOD_SUBDIRS)),$(wildcard $(dir)/*.c) $(wildcard $(dir)/*.cc)) build_tools/cflags.xml sounds/sounds.xml build_tools/embed_modules.xml
 	@echo "Generating input for menuselect ..."
diff --git a/main/Makefile b/main/Makefile
index f9c40592a1..ff90809a38 100644
--- a/main/Makefile
+++ b/main/Makefile
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ asterisk: $(OBJS) editline/libedit.a db1-ast/libdb1.a $(AST_EMBED_LDSCRIPTS)
 	@rm -f $(ASTTOPDIR)/include/asterisk/build.h.tmp
 	@$(CC) -c -o buildinfo.o $(CFLAGS) buildinfo.c
 	$(ECHO_PREFIX) echo "   [LD] $^ -> $@"
-	$(CMD_PREFIX) $(CXX) $(LDFLAGS) $(STATIC_BUILD) -o asterisk $(ASTLINK) $(AST_EMBED_LDFLAGS) $^ buildinfo.o $(AST_LIBS) $(AST_EMBED_LIBS)
+	$(CMD_PREFIX) $(CXX) $(STATIC_BUILD) -o asterisk $(ASTLINK) $(AST_EMBED_LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $^ buildinfo.o $(AST_LIBS) $(AST_EMBED_LIBS)
 
 clean::
 	rm -f asterisk