diff --git a/default.config b/default.config
index 27e2a1e..4f05e64 100644
--- a/default.config
+++ b/default.config
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ case $TASK in
         C_ARGS="-O2"
         CPP_ARGS="$C_ARGS"
         LINKER_ARGS=""
-        LINK_LIBS=""
         TASK_SCRIPT=cbuild/default_tasks/build_exec.sh
         PRE_TASK_SCRIPT=
         POST_TASK_SCRIPT=
@@ -34,7 +33,6 @@ case $TASK in
         C_ARGS="-O0 -g"
         CPP_ARGS="$C_ARGS"
         LINKER_ARGS=""
-        LINK_LIBS=""
         TASK_SCRIPT=cbuild/default_tasks/build_exec.sh
         PRE_TASK_SCRIPT=
         POST_TASK_SCRIPT=
@@ -42,7 +40,6 @@ case $TASK in
     build_shared_lib)
         C_ARGS="-O2 -fpic -flto -shared"
         CPP_ARGS="$C_ARGS"
-        LINK_LIBS=""
         LINKER_ARGS="-Wl,-soname,$SHARED_LIB_FILE"
         TASK_SCRIPT=cbuild/default_tasks/build_shared_lib.sh
         PRE_TASK_SCRIPT=
@@ -51,7 +48,6 @@ case $TASK in
     build_shared_lib_dbg)
         C_ARGS="-O0 -g -fpic -shared"
         CPP_ARGS="$C_ARGS"
-        LINK_LIBS=""
         LINKER_ARGS="-Wl,-soname,$SHARED_LIB_FILE"
         TASK_SCRIPT=cbuild/default_tasks/build_shared_lib.sh
         PRE_TASK_SCRIPT=
diff --git a/default_tasks/build_exec.sh b/default_tasks/build_exec.sh
index 2df894e..cc09b38 100755
--- a/default_tasks/build_exec.sh
+++ b/default_tasks/build_exec.sh
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 
 compile_c "$C_ARGS" "$SRC_C $TESTS_C"
 compile_cpp "$CPP_ARGS" "$SRC_CPP $TESTS_CPP"
-link "$CPP_ARGS $LINKER_ARGS" "$EXEC_FILE"
+link "$CPP_ARGS" "$EXEC_FILE"
diff --git a/default_tasks/build_shared_lib.sh b/default_tasks/build_shared_lib.sh
index 91ee693..3b66efc 100755
--- a/default_tasks/build_shared_lib.sh
+++ b/default_tasks/build_shared_lib.sh
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 
 compile_c "$C_ARGS" "$SRC_C"
 compile_cpp "$CPP_ARGS" "$SRC_CPP"
-link "$CPP_ARGS $LINKER_ARGS" "$SHARED_LIB_FILE"
+link "$CPP_ARGS" "$SHARED_LIB_FILE"
diff --git a/functions.sh b/functions.sh
index 9fbb887..336bb9a 100755
--- a/functions.sh
+++ b/functions.sh
@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ function link {
     local objects="$(find $OBJDIR -name '*.o')
 $(find $OBJDIR -name '*.a')"
     printf "${BLUE}objects: ${GRAY}$objects\n"
-    local command="$CMP_CPP $args  $(echo $objects | tr '\n' ' ') $LINK_LIBS -o $outfile"
-    printf "$command\e"
+    local command="$CMP_CPP $args  $(echo $objects | tr '\n' ' ') $LINKER_ARGS -o $outfile"
+    printf "$command\n"
     if $command
     then 
         printf "${GREEN}file $CYAN$outfile ${GREEN}created\n${GRAY}"