diff --git a/src/actions/make/make_cpp.lua b/src/actions/make/make_cpp.lua
index 7ad01e5c..ee42991c 100644
--- a/src/actions/make/make_cpp.lua
+++ b/src/actions/make/make_cpp.lua
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@
 
 
 	function make.ldFlags(cfg, toolset)
-		local flags = table.join(toolset.getLibraryDirectories(cfg), toolset.getldflags(cfg))
+		local flags = table.join(toolset.getLibraryDirectories(cfg), toolset.getldflags(cfg), cfg.linkoptions)
 		_p('  ALL_LDFLAGS += $(LDFLAGS)%s', make.list(flags))
 	end
 
diff --git a/src/actions/vstudio/vs200x_vcproj.lua b/src/actions/vstudio/vs200x_vcproj.lua
index fd056e63..d5be822b 100644
--- a/src/actions/vstudio/vs200x_vcproj.lua
+++ b/src/actions/vstudio/vs200x_vcproj.lua
@@ -856,7 +856,7 @@
 	function m.additionalLinkerOptions(cfg, toolset)
 		local flags
 		if toolset then
-			flags = toolset.getldflags(cfg)
+			flags = table.join(toolset.getldflags(cfg), cfg.linkoptions)
 		else
 			flags = cfg.linkoptions
 		end
diff --git a/src/tools/clang.lua b/src/tools/clang.lua
index 3ecae3a5..5a8df4ee 100644
--- a/src/tools/clang.lua
+++ b/src/tools/clang.lua
@@ -166,7 +166,6 @@
 
 	function clang.getldflags(cfg)
 		local flags = config.mapFlags(cfg, clang.ldflags)
-		flags = table.join(flags, cfg.linkoptions)
 		return flags
 	end
 
diff --git a/src/tools/gcc.lua b/src/tools/gcc.lua
index 1c4865aa..c4fcd8ad 100644
--- a/src/tools/gcc.lua
+++ b/src/tools/gcc.lua
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@
 		flags = {
 			FatalCompileWarnings = "-Werror",
 			NoFramePointer = "-fomit-frame-pointer",
-			Symbols = "-g"
 		},
 		floatingpoint = {
 			Fast = "-ffast-math",
@@ -183,7 +182,6 @@
 
 	function gcc.getldflags(cfg)
 		local flags = config.mapFlags(cfg, gcc.ldflags)
-		flags = table.join(flags, cfg.linkoptions)
 		return flags
 	end
 
diff --git a/src/tools/msc.lua b/src/tools/msc.lua
index 13a64c3a..e84757f8 100644
--- a/src/tools/msc.lua
+++ b/src/tools/msc.lua
@@ -168,7 +168,6 @@
 	function msc.getldflags(cfg)
 		local map = iif(cfg.kind ~= premake.STATICLIB, msc.linkerFlags, msc.librarianFlags)
 		local flags = config.mapFlags(cfg, map)
-		flags = table.join(flags, cfg.linkoptions)
 		table.insert(flags, 1, "/NOLOGO")
 		return flags
 	end