diff --git a/priv/templates/Makefile b/priv/templates/Makefile
index 5d490fd0..fdeb3be6 100644
--- a/priv/templates/Makefile
+++ b/priv/templates/Makefile
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ endif
 CFLAGS += -fPIC -I $(ERTS_INCLUDE_DIR) -I $(ERL_INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIR)
 CXXFLAGS += -fPIC -I $(ERTS_INCLUDE_DIR) -I $(ERL_INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIR)
 
-LDLIBS += -L $(ERL_INTERFACE_LIB_DIR) -lerl_interface -lei
+LDLIBS += -L $(ERL_INTERFACE_LIB_DIR) -lei
 LDFLAGS += -shared
 
 # Verbosity.