diff --git a/packages/alpine/build.sh b/packages/alpine/build.sh
index 396e3d5d9..0dd05aa38 100644
--- a/packages/alpine/build.sh
+++ b/packages/alpine/build.sh
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ termux_step_pre_configure() {
 	export alpine_SSLVERSION=old
 	export TPATH=$PATH
 
-	LDFLAGS+=" -lcrypt -llog"
+	export LIBS="-lcrypt -llog"
 
 	# To get S_IREAD and friends:
 	CPPFLAGS+=" -D__USE_BSD"
diff --git a/packages/autossh/build.sh b/packages/autossh/build.sh
index 058fdf7d7..64a57bd06 100644
--- a/packages/autossh/build.sh
+++ b/packages/autossh/build.sh
@@ -11,5 +11,5 @@ TERMUX_PKG_EXTRA_CONFIGURE_ARGS="--mandir=$TERMUX_PREFIX/share/man ac_cv_path_ss
 
 termux_step_pre_configure() {
 	# For syslog logging:
-	LDFLAGS+=" -llog"
+	export LIBS="-llog"
 }
diff --git a/packages/direvent/build.sh b/packages/direvent/build.sh
index e77c6dd20..cfeee9ec2 100644
--- a/packages/direvent/build.sh
+++ b/packages/direvent/build.sh
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@ TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=239822cdda9ecbbbc41a69181b34505b2d3badd4df5367e765a0ceb002883b
 TERMUX_PKG_DEPENDS="libandroid-glob"
 
 termux_step_pre_configure() {
-	LDFLAGS+=" -llog -landroid-glob"
+	export LIBS="-landroid-glob -llog"
 }
diff --git a/packages/heyu/build.sh b/packages/heyu/build.sh
index 473d9a08a..ee5944b2a 100644
--- a/packages/heyu/build.sh
+++ b/packages/heyu/build.sh
@@ -8,5 +8,5 @@ TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=https://github.com/HeyuX10Automation/heyu/archive/v$TERMUX_PKG
 termux_step_pre_configure() {
 	# rindex is an obsolete version of strrchr which is not available in Android:
 	CFLAGS+=" -Drindex=strrchr"
-	LDFLAGS+=" -llog"
+	export LIBS="-llog"
 }
diff --git a/packages/krb5/build.sh b/packages/krb5/build.sh
index dfd61c183..bbd6fb0cc 100644
--- a/packages/krb5/build.sh
+++ b/packages/krb5/build.sh
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ termux_step_pre_configure() {
 	cp "$TERMUX_PKG_BUILDER_DIR/netbsd_getpass.c" "$TERMUX_PKG_SRCDIR/clients/kpasswd/"
 
 	CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -D_PASSWORD_LEN=PASS_MAX"
-	LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -landroid-glob -llog"
+	export LIBS="-landroid-glob -llog"
 }
 
 termux_step_post_make_install() {
diff --git a/packages/msmtp/build.sh b/packages/msmtp/build.sh
index fee0e8c95..88c6f3f2e 100644
--- a/packages/msmtp/build.sh
+++ b/packages/msmtp/build.sh
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@ TERMUX_PKG_DEPENDS="openssl, libidn2"
 TERMUX_PKG_EXTRA_CONFIGURE_ARGS="--with-tls=openssl"
 
 termux_step_pre_configure() {
-	LDFLAGS+=" -llog"
+	export LIBS="-llog"
 	autoreconf -if
 }
diff --git a/packages/redir/build.sh b/packages/redir/build.sh
index daa01bba1..4b43a65c0 100644
--- a/packages/redir/build.sh
+++ b/packages/redir/build.sh
@@ -8,5 +8,5 @@ TERMUX_PKG_BUILD_IN_SRC=true
 TERMUX_PKG_RM_AFTER_INSTALL="share/applications share/pixmaps"
 
 termux_step_pre_configure() {
-	LDFLAGS+=" -llog"
+	export LIBS="-llog"
 }
diff --git a/packages/screen/build.sh b/packages/screen/build.sh
index 848993dd5..d401d10d8 100644
--- a/packages/screen/build.sh
+++ b/packages/screen/build.sh
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ termux_step_pre_configure() {
 	# Run autoreconf since we have patched configure.ac
 	autoconf
 	CFLAGS+=" -DGETUTENT"
-	LDFLAGS+=" -llog -lcrypt"
+	export LIBS="-lcrypt -llog"
 }
 
 termux_step_post_configure() {
diff --git a/packages/socat/build.sh b/packages/socat/build.sh
index 1fd3613cb..45221f231 100644
--- a/packages/socat/build.sh
+++ b/packages/socat/build.sh
@@ -9,5 +9,5 @@ TERMUX_PKG_EXTRA_CONFIGURE_ARGS="ac_header_resolv_h=no ac_cv_c_compiler_gnu=yes
 TERMUX_PKG_BUILD_IN_SRC=true
 
 termux_step_pre_configure() {
-	LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -llog" # uses syslog
+	export LIBS="-llog"
 }
diff --git a/packages/tinyproxy/build.sh b/packages/tinyproxy/build.sh
index f0a9fbf5a..7a3df0408 100644
--- a/packages/tinyproxy/build.sh
+++ b/packages/tinyproxy/build.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=https://github.com/tinyproxy/tinyproxy/releases/download/${TER
 TERMUX_PKG_EXTRA_CONFIGURE_ARGS="--disable-regexcheck"
 
 termux_step_pre_configure() {
-	LDFLAGS+=" -llog"
+	export LIBS="-llog"
 }
 
 termux_step_post_massage() {
diff --git a/packages/tor/build.sh b/packages/tor/build.sh
index 9186d7fe8..0dc5c57a9 100644
--- a/packages/tor/build.sh
+++ b/packages/tor/build.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ TERMUX_PKG_EXTRA_CONFIGURE_ARGS="--disable-zstd --disable-unittests"
 TERMUX_PKG_CONFFILES="etc/tor/torrc"
 
 termux_step_pre_configure() {
-	LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -llog"
+	export LIBS="-llog"
 }
 
 termux_step_post_make_install() {