diff --git a/targets/RTAI/USER/Makefile b/targets/RTAI/USER/Makefile
index b73b887fa9a2c55005414783d8c369ba51ea850c..1f8fb1ce3b375503f78fc8281e8f173c899e21ed 100644
--- a/targets/RTAI/USER/Makefile
+++ b/targets/RTAI/USER/Makefile
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ endif
 RTAI_CFLAGS += $(shell rtai-config --lxrt-cflags) -DRTAI
 LDFLAGS += -lpthread -lm -lforms
 ifeq ($(RTAI),1)
-LDFLAGS += $(shell rtai-config --lxrt-ldflags) -lrt
+LDFLAGS += $(shell rtai-config --lxrt-ldflags)
 else
 LDFLAGS += -lrt
 endif