diff --git a/commands/aal/Makefile b/commands/aal/Makefile
index 81ada2bf5..44c35dc1d 100644
--- a/commands/aal/Makefile
+++ b/commands/aal/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ SRCS=	archiver.c print.c rd.c rd_arhdr.c rd_unsig2.c sprint.c \
 	format.c rd_bytes.c system.c write.c long2str.c
 CPPFLAGS+= -I${.CURDIR} -DAAL -DSTB -DNDEBUG -DDISTRIBUTION
 
-LINKS+=	${BINDIR}/aal ${BINDIR}/ar
 MAN=
 
 .include <bsd.prog.mk>
diff --git a/share/mk/sys.mk b/share/mk/sys.mk
index 61af9f2d0..75b8bccea 100644
--- a/share/mk/sys.mk
+++ b/share/mk/sys.mk
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ unix?=		We run MINIX.
 
 .LIBS:		.a
 
-AR?=		ar
+AR?=		aal
 ARFLAGS?=	rl
 RANLIB?=	ranlib