diff --git a/samples/Makefile.incl b/samples/Makefile.incl
index fa7788ccf21166b06fbaa73a1337d36c9c5ec950..83302c4fc2898354d32a121441678d2eedc092b5 100644
--- a/samples/Makefile.incl
+++ b/samples/Makefile.incl
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ 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}