diff --git a/make/defs.mk b/make/defs.mk
index 0fb8b83f..b7c7c925 100644
--- a/make/defs.mk
+++ b/make/defs.mk
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ LDFLAGS  += -L/usr/X11/lib -lXext -lX11
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(GCC_MAJOR),2)
-LPPFLAGS  += -lg++ -lstdc++
+LPPFLAGS  += -lstdc++
 DEPEND_CPPFLAGS  += -I/usr/include/g++ -I/usr/local/include
 else
 LPPFLAGS  += -L/usr/local/gcc3.3/lib -lstdc++ -lgcc_s