diff --git a/SPECS/texlive-base.spec b/SPECS/texlive-base.spec
index 9d9c3d4..68d0cd2 100644
--- a/SPECS/texlive-base.spec
+++ b/SPECS/texlive-base.spec
@@ -6555,9 +6555,7 @@ latex dummy.tex
 rm -f dummy.*
 
 # When redhat-rpm-config is updated in all stable targets, this conditional can go away
-%if 0%{?fedora} >= 28
-export LDFLAGS="%{build_ldflags}"
-%endif
+export LDFLAGS="%{__global_ldflags}"
 cd source
 PREF=`pwd`/inst
 mkdir -p work