--- a/nss/coreconf/Linux.mk
+++ b/nss/coreconf/Linux.mk
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(USE_PTHREADS),1)
-OS_PTHREAD = -lpthread 
+OS_PTHREAD =
 endif
 
 OS_CFLAGS		= $(DSO_CFLAGS) $(OS_REL_CFLAGS) $(ARCHFLAG) -pipe -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections -DHAVE_STRERROR
