diff --git a/distrib/mvme68k/Makefile.inc b/distrib/mvme68k/Makefile.inc
index 994856d2b4ba..f97af5d74253 100644
--- a/distrib/mvme68k/Makefile.inc
+++ b/distrib/mvme68k/Makefile.inc
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-#	$NetBSD: Makefile.inc,v 1.1 1997/12/17 21:56:56 scw Exp $
+#	$NetBSD: Makefile.inc,v 1.2 1998/03/02 19:58:19 cgd Exp $
 
 REV!=sh ${BSDSRCDIR}/sys/conf/osrelease.sh -s
 
-LDSTATIC=	-static
+LDSTATIC=	-static		# only static compilation makes sense here
 
 # Hack needed to find kernel images...
 BSDSRCDIR?=	/usr/src
diff --git a/regress/sys/kern/execve/Makefile b/regress/sys/kern/execve/Makefile
index bf9d72d32292..d7ee717600ad 100644
--- a/regress/sys/kern/execve/Makefile
+++ b/regress/sys/kern/execve/Makefile
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-#	$NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.5 1997/05/07 16:01:49 mycroft Exp $
+#	$NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.6 1998/03/02 19:59:20 cgd Exp $
 
 PROG=	doexec
 NOMAN=	noman, no way, man
 
-LDSTATIC= -static
+LDSTATIC= -static		# only static compilation makes sense here
 
 RP=	${.OBJDIR}/${PROG}
 TD=	${.CURDIR}/tests