diff --git a/ext/dba/config.m4 b/ext/dba/config.m4
index 999beed148b..62f4cee512f 100644
--- a/ext/dba/config.m4
+++ b/ext/dba/config.m4
@@ -10,8 +10,7 @@ AC_DEFUN(PHP_DBA_STD_BEGIN,[
 
 AC_DEFUN(PHP_TEMP_LDFLAGS,[
   old_LDFLAGS=$LDFLAGS
-dnl  LDFLAGS="$1 $LDFLAGS"
-  LDFLAGS="$1"
+  LDFLAGS="$1 $LDFLAGS"
   $2
   LDFLAGS=$old_LDFLAGS
 ])