diff --git a/libsepol/src/Makefile b/libsepol/src/Makefile
index 7b0e84460..267a3ca4b 100644
--- a/libsepol/src/Makefile
+++ b/libsepol/src/Makefile
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ endif
 
 # check for reallocarray(3) availability
 H := \#
-ifeq (yes,$(shell printf '${H}include <stdlib.h>\nint main(void){return reallocarray(NULL,0,0)==NULL;}' | $(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -x c -o /dev/null - >/dev/null 2>&1 && echo yes))
+ifeq (yes,$(shell printf '${H}include <stdlib.h>\nint main(void){return reallocarray(NULL,0,0)==NULL;}' | $(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -x c - >/dev/null 2>&1 && echo yes))
 override CFLAGS += -DHAVE_REALLOCARRAY
 endif