diff --git a/config/CONFIG_COMMON b/config/CONFIG_COMMON
index 7e1065e1e..238484165 100644
--- a/config/CONFIG_COMMON
+++ b/config/CONFIG_COMMON
@@ -227,8 +227,8 @@ CPPSNCFLAGS = $(INCLUDES)
 DBDFLAGS = -I . -I .. $(USR_DBDFLAGS) $(EPICS_DBDFLAGS)
 
 # Build compile line here
-COMPILE.c = $(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) -c $(SOURCE_FLAG)
-COMPILE.cc = $(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) -c $(SOURCE_CXXFLAG)
+COMPILE.c = $(CC) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -c $(SOURCE_FLAG)
+COMPILE.cc = $(CXX) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) -c $(SOURCE_CXXFLAG)
 
 endif