--- snd-12.6/configure.ac.orig
+++ snd-12.6/configure.ac
@@ -1468,7 +1468,7 @@
         LDSO_FLAGS="-shared"
         LIBS="$LIBS -lm"
 	if test "$ac_cv_header_dlfcn_h" = yes ; then 
-	  LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -ldl" 
+	  LIBS="$LIBS -ldl"
 	fi 
 	if test "$GCC" = yes ; then
 	  SO_FLAGS="-fPIC $SO_FLAGS"
@@ -1979,7 +1979,7 @@
 if test "$ac_snd_have_extension_language" = yes ; then
   if test "$ac_snd_have_gui" = yes ; then
     if test "$ac_cv_header_pthread_h" = yes ; then
-      LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -lpthread"
+      LIBS="$LIBS -lpthread"
     fi
   fi
 fi
@@ -1987,14 +1987,14 @@
 if test "$ac_snd_have_extension_language" = no ; then
   if test "$ac_snd_have_gui" = no ; then
     if test "$ac_cv_header_dlfcn_h" = yes ; then
-      LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -ldl"
+      LIBS="$LIBS -ldl"
     fi
     AC_MSG_WARN([Snd needs either an extension language (s7, Fth, or Ruby), or a graphics toolkit (Gtk or Motif), or preferably both.  As currently configured, this version of Snd is useless.])
   fi
 fi
 
 if test "$ac_snd_have_extension_language" = yes && test "$with_audio" = no && test "$ac_cv_header_dlfcn_h" = yes ; then
-  LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -ldl"
+  LIBS="$LIBS -ldl"
 fi