diff --git a/build/jemalloc.m4 b/build/jemalloc.m4
index 2af684859ea..7acf1ebec51 100644
--- a/build/jemalloc.m4
+++ b/build/jemalloc.m4
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ if test "$has_jemalloc" != "no"; then
   if test "$jemalloc_base_dir" != "/usr"; then
     TS_ADDTO(CPPFLAGS, [-I${jemalloc_include}])
     TS_ADDTO(LDFLAGS, [-L${jemalloc_ldflags}])
-    TS_ADDTO(LDFLAGS, [-Wl,--add-needed -L${jemalloc_ldflags} -Wl,-rpath,${jemalloc_ldflags} -Wl,--no-as-needed])
+    TS_ADDTO(LDFLAGS, [-Wl,--as-needed -L${jemalloc_ldflags} -Wl,-rpath,${jemalloc_ldflags} -Wl,--no-as-needed])
     TS_ADDTO_RPATH(${jemalloc_ldflags})
   fi
   # On Darwin, jemalloc symbols are prefixed with je_. Search for that first, then fall back
diff --git a/build/mimalloc.m4 b/build/mimalloc.m4
index b5432015711..f291d04afe8 100644
--- a/build/mimalloc.m4
+++ b/build/mimalloc.m4
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ if test "$has_mimalloc" != "no"; then
   if test "$mimalloc_base_dir" != "/usr"; then
     TS_ADDTO(CPPFLAGS, [-I${mimalloc_include}])
     TS_ADDTO(LDFLAGS, [-L${mimalloc_ldflags}])
-    TS_ADDTO(LDFLAGS, [-Wl,--add-needed -L${mimalloc_ldflags} -Wl,-rpath,${mimalloc_ldflags} -Wl,--no-as-needed])
+    TS_ADDTO(LDFLAGS, [-Wl,--as-needed -L${mimalloc_ldflags} -Wl,-rpath,${mimalloc_ldflags} -Wl,--no-as-needed])
     TS_ADDTO_RPATH(${mimalloc_ldflags})
   fi
   AC_SEARCH_LIBS([mi_malloc], [mimalloc], [mimalloc_has_libs=1])