diff --git a/Application.mk b/Application.mk
index a8f6b4523..37b6c82d5 100644
--- a/Application.mk
+++ b/Application.mk
@@ -42,11 +42,9 @@ else
 CWD = $(CURDIR)
 endif
 
-# Add the static application library to the linked libraries. Don't do this
-# with CONFIG_BUILD_KERNEL as there is no static app library
-ifneq ($(CONFIG_BUILD_KERNEL),y)
-  LDLIBS += $(call CONVERT_PATH,$(BIN))
-endif
+# Add the static application library to the linked libraries.
+
+LDLIBS += $(call CONVERT_PATH,$(BIN))
 
 # When building a module, link with the compiler runtime.
 # This should be linked after libapps. Consider that mbedtls in libapps
diff --git a/import/Make.defs b/import/Make.defs
index ae055a93b..f3f935188 100644
--- a/import/Make.defs
+++ b/import/Make.defs
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ LDLIBPATH = $(addprefix -L,$(call CONVERT_PATH,$(TOPDIR)$(DELIM)libs))
 # Link with user libraries
 
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_BUILD_KERNEL),y)
-  LDLIBS = -lapps -lmm -lc -lproxies
+  LDLIBS += -lmm -lc -lproxies
   ifeq ($(CONFIG_HAVE_CXX),y)
     LDLIBS += -lxx
   endif