diff --git a/repos/ports/mk/noux.mk b/repos/ports/mk/noux.mk
index 0a2ef9151..a17b55b24 100644
--- a/repos/ports/mk/noux.mk
+++ b/repos/ports/mk/noux.mk
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 GNU_BUILD_MK := $(call select_from_repositories,mk/gnu_build.mk)
 
-LIBS += libc_noux
-
 PKG_DIR ?= $(call select_from_ports,$(PKG))/src/noux-pkg/$(PKG)
 
 include $(GNU_BUILD_MK)
diff --git a/repos/ports/src/noux-pkg/gcc/target.inc b/repos/ports/src/noux-pkg/gcc/target.inc
index defa8f7ad..0d3726e18 100644
--- a/repos/ports/src/noux-pkg/gcc/target.inc
+++ b/repos/ports/src/noux-pkg/gcc/target.inc
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ libgmp.a libmpfr.a libmpc.a libc.a:
 
 Makefile: dummy_libs
 
-LIBS  += libc libm posix libc_noux stdcxx base
+LIBS  += libc libm posix stdcxx base
 
 include $(call select_from_repositories,mk/noux.mk)
 
diff --git a/repos/ports/src/test/libc_noux/target.mk b/repos/ports/src/test/libc_noux/target.mk
index 916a36d0e..24ff82bd7 100644
--- a/repos/ports/src/test/libc_noux/target.mk
+++ b/repos/ports/src/test/libc_noux/target.mk
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 TARGET = test-libc_noux
-LIBS   = libc libc_noux
+LIBS   = libc
 SRC_CC = main.cc
 
 # we re-use the libc_vfs test
diff --git a/repos/ports/src/test/noux_fork/target.mk b/repos/ports/src/test/noux_fork/target.mk
index 073508fa6..9d94b9841 100644
--- a/repos/ports/src/test/noux_fork/target.mk
+++ b/repos/ports/src/test/noux_fork/target.mk
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 TARGET = test-noux_fork
 SRC_CC = test.cc
-LIBS   = posix libc_noux
+LIBS   = posix
 
 CC_CXX_WARN_STRICT =
diff --git a/repos/ports/src/test/noux_signals/target.mk b/repos/ports/src/test/noux_signals/target.mk
index b5781e7a9..c17f57aa8 100644
--- a/repos/ports/src/test/noux_signals/target.mk
+++ b/repos/ports/src/test/noux_signals/target.mk
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 TARGET = test-noux_signals
 SRC_CC = main.cc
-LIBS   = posix libc_noux
+LIBS   = posix
 
 CC_CXX_WARN_STRICT =