diff --git a/ghc-rpm-macros.spec b/ghc-rpm-macros.spec
index 2fef7f3..69f7896 100644
--- a/ghc-rpm-macros.spec
+++ b/ghc-rpm-macros.spec
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #%%global without_hscolour 1
 
 Name:           ghc-rpm-macros
-Version:        1.9.2
+Version:        1.9.3
 Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        RPM macros for building Haskell packages for GHC
 
@@ -170,6 +170,9 @@ EOF
 
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Oct  5 2018 Jens Petersen <petersen@redhat.com> - 1.9.3-1
+- replace ghc_set_cflags with simplified ghc_set_gcc_flags
+
 * Tue Jul 31 2018 Jens Petersen <petersen@redhat.com> - 1.9.2-1
 - inject a Setup.hs if none shipped
 
diff --git a/macros.ghc b/macros.ghc
index 6313c1f..e67ba38 100644
--- a/macros.ghc
+++ b/macros.ghc
@@ -9,14 +9,10 @@ LANG=en_US.utf8\
 # compiler version
 %ghc_version %{!?ghc_version_override:%(ghc --numeric-version)}%{?ghc_version_override}
 
-%ghc_set_cflags\
-# -Wunused-label is extremely noisy\
-%ifarch aarch64 s390x\
-CFLAGS="${CFLAGS:-$(echo %optflags | sed -e 's/-Wall //' -e 's/-Werror=format-security //')}"\
-%else\
-CFLAGS="${CFLAGS:-%optflags}"\
-%endif\
-export CFLAGS\
+
+%ghc_set_gcc_flags\
+export CFLAGS="${CFLAGS:-%optflags}"\
+export LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS:-%{?__global_ldflags}}"\
 %{nil}
 
 # configure