diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0f70de63cfdb..af0c463e908f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -363,11 +363,13 @@ CHECK		= sparse
 
 CHECKFLAGS     := -D__linux__ -Dlinux -D__STDC__ -Dunix -D__unix__ \
 		  -Wbitwise -Wno-return-void $(CF)
+NOSTDINC_FLAGS  =
 CFLAGS_MODULE   =
 AFLAGS_MODULE   =
 LDFLAGS_MODULE  =
 CFLAGS_KERNEL	=
 AFLAGS_KERNEL	=
+LDFLAGS_vmlinux =
 CFLAGS_GCOV	= -fprofile-arcs -ftest-coverage -fno-tree-loop-im -Wno-maybe-uninitialized
 CFLAGS_KCOV	= -fsanitize-coverage=trace-pc