diff --git a/src/tools/thread/Makefile b/src/tools/thread/Makefile
index 22d5d09f68487b0757752485a6274f8d805bf8fb..942e289e78ad6cec71b42dd0692362db78357573 100644
--- a/src/tools/thread/Makefile
+++ b/src/tools/thread/Makefile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 # Copyright (C) 2003 by PostgreSQL Global Development Team
 #
-# $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/tools/thread/Makefile,v 1.5 2004/04/23 20:35:50 momjian Exp $
+# $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/tools/thread/Makefile,v 1.6 2004/04/25 20:47:56 momjian Exp $
 #
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -14,12 +14,11 @@ include $(top_builddir)/src/Makefile.global
 
 override CFLAGS += $(PTHREAD_CFLAGS)
 
-LDFLAGS += $(PTHREAD_LIBS)
-
 all: thread_test
 
 thread_test: thread_test.o
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $^ $(LIBS) -o $@
+# no need for $LIBS, might not be compiled yet
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $^ $(PTHREAD_LIBS) -o $@
 
 clean distclean maintainer-clean:
 	rm -f thread_test$(X) thread_test.o