diff --git a/share/mk/bsd.sys.mk b/share/mk/bsd.sys.mk
--- a/share/mk/bsd.sys.mk
+++ b/share/mk/bsd.sys.mk
@@ -501,3 +501,8 @@
 .endif
 .endfor
 .endif
+
+# we are generally the last makefile read
+CFLAGS+= ${CFLAGS_LAST}
+CXXFLAGS+= ${CXXFLAGS_LAST}
+LDFLAGS+= ${LDFLAGS_LAST}
diff --git a/share/mk/local.autodep.mk b/share/mk/local.autodep.mk
--- a/share/mk/local.autodep.mk
+++ b/share/mk/local.autodep.mk
@@ -11,10 +11,6 @@
 PIEO?= .pieo
 OBJ_EXTENSIONS+= ${NOSSPPICO} ${PIEO}
 
-CFLAGS+= ${CFLAGS_LAST}
-CXXFLAGS+= ${CXXFLAGS_LAST}
-LDFLAGS+= ${LDFLAGS_LAST}
-
 CLEANFILES+= .depend
 
 # handy for debugging