diff --git a/code/CMakeModules/nel.cmake b/code/CMakeModules/nel.cmake
index e88465ae2..b194b5ff9 100644
--- a/code/CMakeModules/nel.cmake
+++ b/code/CMakeModules/nel.cmake
@@ -889,7 +889,7 @@ MACRO(NL_SETUP_BUILD)
       SET(NL_RELEASE_CFLAGS "${NL_RELEASE_CFLAGS} -g")
     ELSE(WITH_SYMBOLS)
       IF(APPLE)
-        SET(NL_RELEASE_LINKFLAGS "-Wl,-dead_strip -Wl,-x ${NL_RELEASE_LINKFLAGS}")
+        SET(NL_RELEASE_LINKFLAGS "-Wl,-dead_strip ${NL_RELEASE_LINKFLAGS}")
       ELSE(APPLE)
         SET(NL_RELEASE_LINKFLAGS "-Wl,-s ${NL_RELEASE_LINKFLAGS}")
       ENDIF(APPLE)