diff --git a/plugins/sudoers/Makefile.in b/plugins/sudoers/Makefile.in
index 37adfd1a3..483440239 100644
--- a/plugins/sudoers/Makefile.in
+++ b/plugins/sudoers/Makefile.in
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ YACC = @YACC@
 INSTALL = $(SHELL) $(top_srcdir)/install-sh -c
 
 # Libraries
-LIBS = $(top_builddir)/@ac_config_libobj_dir@/libreplace.la $(top_builddir)/common/libcommon.la
+LIBS = $(top_builddir)/common/libcommon.la $(top_builddir)/@ac_config_libobj_dir@/libreplace.la
 NET_LIBS = @NET_LIBS@
 SUDOERS_LIBS = @SUDOERS_LIBS@ @AFS_LIBS@ @GETGROUPS_LIB@ $(LIBS) $(NET_LIBS) @ZLIB@
 REPLAY_LIBS = @REPLAY_LIBS@ @ZLIB@
diff --git a/src/Makefile.in b/src/Makefile.in
index 55cdb9a7d..1915e163c 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.in
+++ b/src/Makefile.in
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ INSTALL = $(SHELL) $(top_srcdir)/install-sh -c
 
 # Libraries
 LIBS = @LIBS@ @SUDO_LIBS@ @GETGROUPS_LIB@ @NET_LIBS@ \
-       $(LIBOBJDIR)libreplace.la $(top_builddir)/common/libcommon.la
+       $(top_builddir)/common/libcommon.la $(LIBOBJDIR)libreplace.la
 
 # C preprocessor flags
 CPPFLAGS = -I$(incdir) -I$(top_builddir) -I$(srcdir) -I. @CPPFLAGS@