diff --git a/appl/telnet/telnet/Makefile.in b/appl/telnet/telnet/Makefile.in
index 5830a45d0..1de5e0e45 100644
--- a/appl/telnet/telnet/Makefile.in
+++ b/appl/telnet/telnet/Makefile.in
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ all: telnet
 	@KRBINCPATH@ -I.. -I$(srcdir)/.. $<
 
 telnet: $(OBJECTS)
-	$(CC) -o telnet $(OBJECTS) $(LIBS) ../libtelnet/libtelnet.a $(KLIB)
+	$(CC) -o telnet $(OBJECTS) ../libtelnet/libtelnet.a $(LIBS) $(KLIB)
 
 install: all
 	$(MKDIRHIER) $(prefix)/bin
diff --git a/appl/telnet/telnetd/Makefile.in b/appl/telnet/telnetd/Makefile.in
index 14eb8618c..dadaa2f22 100644
--- a/appl/telnet/telnetd/Makefile.in
+++ b/appl/telnet/telnetd/Makefile.in
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ $(OBJECTS): ../config.h
 	@KRBINCPATH@ -I.. -I$(srcdir)/.. -I. -I$(srcdir) $<
 
 telnetd: $(OBJECTS)
-	$(CC) -o telnetd $(OBJECTS) $(LIBS) ../libtelnet/libtelnet.a $(KLIB)
+	$(CC) -o telnetd $(OBJECTS) ../libtelnet/libtelnet.a $(LIBS) $(KLIB)
 
 install: all
 	$(MKDIRHIER) $(prefix)/libexec