diff --git a/Make.defaults b/Make.defaults
index ed4b60c..ba743f1 100755
--- a/Make.defaults
+++ b/Make.defaults
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ CFLAGS  += $(ARCH3264) -g -O2 -Wall -Wextra -Werror \
            $(if $(findstring gcc,$(CC)),-fno-merge-all-constants,)
 endif
 
-ARFLAGS += -U
+ARFLAGS := rDv
 ASFLAGS += $(ARCH3264)
 LDFLAGS	+= -nostdlib --warn-common --no-undefined --fatal-warnings \
 	   --build-id=sha1