diff --git a/tests/Makefile.incl b/tests/Makefile.incl
index 2b79e68abdb8aa3ebf71ac21376a876c701210dd..343d0079c45d78d2527956f0ab39af7250751d4e 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile.incl
+++ b/tests/Makefile.incl
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ endif
 ifeq (${PLATFORM}, AIX)
 CMP= -c ${CXXFLAGS} -qnotempinc
 CC=${COMPILER} -D${PLATFORM}
-LINK =  ${COMPILER} -brtl ${LDFLAGS}
+LINK =  ${COMPILER} ${LDFLAGS}
 # the compiler knows about this two
 # PLATFORM_LIB_LINK_OPTIONS=-L/usr/lpp/xlC/lib
 # EXTRA_LINK_OPTIONS=-lC ${EXTRA_LIBS}