diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 56d73b5b3..b65c3ed5d 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -1284,7 +1284,7 @@ case "$target" in
             COPY_ARCH_SRC(src/timer, linux, SDL_systimer.c)
         fi
         # NetBSD does not define "unix"
-        CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -Dunix -D_POSIX_THREAD_SYSCALL_SOFT=1"
+        CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -Dunix"
         ;;
     *-*-openbsd*)
         ARCH=openbsd
diff --git a/ltconfig b/ltconfig
index 356b14fa8..ad46d1b73 100755
--- a/ltconfig
+++ b/ltconfig
@@ -1286,6 +1286,9 @@ EOF
       # dlltool doesn't understand --whole-archive et. al.
       whole_archive_flag_spec=
       ;;
+    netbsd*)
+      whole_archive_flag_spec=
+      ;;
     *)
       # ancient GNU ld didn't support --whole-archive et. al.
       if $LD --help 2>&1 | egrep 'no-whole-archive' > /dev/null; then