diff --git a/src/make.inc b/src/make.inc
index 77cf05c05b72911e4f6319423e128aa84de7f70d..eafa41ac56cbec65031b64bd82b0b32684cac504 100644
--- a/src/make.inc
+++ b/src/make.inc
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ ifndef CXXLDFLAGS
 ifndef HDF5_LIB
 override HDF5_LIB=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/hdf5/serial
 endif
-override CXXLDFLAGS=-L/usr/lib64 -L$(HDF5_LIB) -lhdf5_hl -lhdf5 $(LDFLAGS)
+override CXXLDFLAGS=-L/usr/lib64 -L$(HDF5_LIB) -lhdf5 $(LDFLAGS)
 endif
 
 %.o : %.f