diff --git a/platform/posix/Cantera.mak.in b/platform/posix/Cantera.mak.in
index ec2d08246..4009ea2f1 100644
--- a/platform/posix/Cantera.mak.in
+++ b/platform/posix/Cantera.mak.in
@@ -28,11 +28,11 @@ CANTERA_VERSION=@cantera_version@
 CANTERA_CORE_INCLUDES=-I@ct_incroot@
 
 # Required Cantera libraries
-CANTERA_CORE_LIBS=@mak_threadflags@ -L@ct_libdir@ -lcantera -lctmath -lexecstream
+CANTERA_CORE_LIBS=@mak_threadflags@ -L@ct_libdir@ @mak_corelibs@
 
 CANTERA_CORE_LIBS_DEP = @ct_libdir@/libcantera.a
 
-CANTERA_CORE_FTN=-L@ct_libdir@ -lcantera_fortran -lcantera
+CANTERA_CORE_FTN=-L@ct_libdir@ -lcantera_fortran @mak_corelibs@
 
 CANTERA_FORTRAN_MODS=@ct_incroot@/cantera
 
@@ -65,17 +65,10 @@ CANTERA_BLAS_LAPACK_LIBS=@mak_blas_lapack_libs@
 endif
 
 ###############################################################################
-#       F2C USAGE 
+#       F2C USAGE
 ###############################################################################
 
-CANTERA_mak_have_f2c_lib=@mak_have_f2c_lib@
-
-ifeq ($(CANTERA_mak_have_f2c_lib), 1)
-  CANTERA_F2C_LIBS= -lctf2c
-else
-  CANTERA_F2C_LIBS= 
-endif
-
+CANTERA_F2C_LIBS= @mak_f2c_lib@
 
 ###############################################################################
 #      COMBINATIONS OF INCLUDES AND LIBS
@@ -101,8 +94,8 @@ CANTERA_TOTAL_LIBS_DEP= $(CANTERA_CORE_LIBS_DEP) \
 
 
 CANTERA_FORTRAN_LIBS=$(CANTERA_CORE_FTN) $(CANTERA_SUNDIALS_LIBS) \
-                     $(CANTERA_BLAS_LAPACK_LIBS) $(CANTERA_BOOST_LIBS) \
-                     $(CANTERA_FORTRAN_SYSLIBS)
+                     $(CANTERA_BLAS_LAPACK_LIBS) $(CANTERA_F2C_LIBS) \
+                     $(CANTERA_BOOST_LIBS) $(CANTERA_FORTRAN_SYSLIBS)
 
 ###############################################################################
 #  END
diff --git a/platform/posix/SConscript b/platform/posix/SConscript
index 15dcde718..740884dc1 100644
--- a/platform/posix/SConscript
+++ b/platform/posix/SConscript
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ pc_libdirs = []
 pc_incdirs = []
 pc_cflags = []
 
+localenv['mak_corelibs'] = '-lcantera'
+if not env['single_library']:
+    localenv['mak_corelibs'] += ' -lctmath -lexecstream'
+
 if env['use_sundials'] == 'n':
     localenv['mak_sundials_libs'] = '-lcvode'
     localenv['mak_sundials_libdir'] = ''
@@ -71,8 +75,10 @@ localenv['mak_have_blas_lapack_dir'] = '1' if localenv['blas_lapack_dir'] else '
 if localenv['blas_lapack_dir']:
     localenv['mak_blas_lapack_libs'] = ' '.join('-l%s' % s for s in localenv['blas_lapack_libs'])
     pc_libs += localenv['blas_lapack_libs']
-else:
+elif not env['single_library']:
     localenv['mak_blas_lapack_libs'] = ('-L' + '$inst_libdir' + ' -lctlapack -lctblas')
+else:
+    localenv['mak_blas_lapack_libs'] = ''
 
 localenv['mak_threadflags'] = localenv['thread_flags']
 if '-pthread' in localenv['thread_flags']:
@@ -83,7 +89,7 @@ else:
     localenv['mak_fort_threadflags'] = ''
 
 #  Handle f2c Linkage
-localenv['mak_have_f2c_lib'] = '1' if localenv['build_with_f2c'] else '0'
+localenv['mak_f2c_lib'] = '-lctf2c' if localenv['build_with_f2c'] and not env['single_library'] else ''
 
 mak = build(localenv.SubstFile('Cantera.mak', 'Cantera.mak.in'))
 install('$inst_incdir', mak)