diff --git a/configuration/gui/meson.build b/configuration/gui/meson.build
index 734b39b..12e77c5 100644
--- a/configuration/gui/meson.build
+++ b/configuration/gui/meson.build
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ compiler_flags = ['-Wconversion', '-fdiagnostics-color=always', '-Werror=return-
 src = ['main.cpp']
 
 if host_machine.system() == 'windows'
-  exe = executable('program', src, dependencies : [std_lib_facilities_dep], cpp_args : compiler_flags, link_args: ['-static'])
+  ld_flags = ['-static']
 else
-  exe = executable('program', src, dependencies : [std_lib_facilities_dep], cpp_args : compiler_flags)
-endif
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+  ld_flags = []
+endif
+
+exe = executable('program', src, dependencies : [std_lib_facilities_dep], cpp_args : compiler_flags, link_args: ld_flags)
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diff --git a/configuration/nogui/meson.build b/configuration/nogui/meson.build
index bf02571..2406a9e 100644
--- a/configuration/nogui/meson.build
+++ b/configuration/nogui/meson.build
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ compiler_flags = ['-Wconversion', '-fdiagnostics-color=always', '-Werror=return-
 src = ['main.cpp']
 
 if host_machine.system() == 'windows'
-  exe = executable('program', src, dependencies : [std_lib_facilities_dep], cpp_args : compiler_flags, link_args: ['-static'])
+  ld_flags = ['-static']
 else
-  exe = executable('program', src, dependencies : [std_lib_facilities_dep], cpp_args : compiler_flags)
+  ld_flags = []
 endif
+  
+exe = executable('program', src, dependencies : [std_lib_facilities_dep], cpp_args : compiler_flags, link_args: ld_flags)
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