diff --git a/tests/lib/mcconfig/Makefile.am b/tests/lib/mcconfig/Makefile.am
index fba2a7b2d..c7060034c 100644
--- a/tests/lib/mcconfig/Makefile.am
+++ b/tests/lib/mcconfig/Makefile.am
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 AM_CFLAGS = $(GLIB_CFLAGS) -I$(top_srcdir) @CHECK_CFLAGS@ \
-	-DWORKDIR=\"$(abs_builddir)\"  -z muldefs
+	-DWORKDIR=\"$(abs_builddir)\"
 
-AM_LDFLAGS = -z muldefs
+AM_LDFLAGS = -Wl,-z,muldefs
 
 LIBS=@CHECK_LIBS@  $(top_builddir)/lib/libmc.la
 
diff --git a/tests/lib/vfs/Makefile.am b/tests/lib/vfs/Makefile.am
index bf440ee70..8c50d286e 100644
--- a/tests/lib/vfs/Makefile.am
+++ b/tests/lib/vfs/Makefile.am
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 AM_CFLAGS = -I$(top_srcdir)/lib/vfs $(GLIB_CFLAGS) -I$(top_srcdir) @CHECK_CFLAGS@ \
-	-DTEST_SHARE_DIR=\"$(abs_srcdir)\" -z muldefs
+	-DTEST_SHARE_DIR=\"$(abs_srcdir)\"
 
-AM_LDFLAGS = -z muldefs
+AM_LDFLAGS = -Wl,-z,muldefs
 
 EXTRA_DIST = mc.charsets
 
diff --git a/tests/lib/vfs/vfs_parse_ls_lga.c b/tests/lib/vfs/vfs_parse_ls_lga.c
index f44559d62..d16711e0e 100644
--- a/tests/lib/vfs/vfs_parse_ls_lga.c
+++ b/tests/lib/vfs/vfs_parse_ls_lga.c
@@ -155,90 +155,88 @@ START_TEST (test_vfs_parse_ls_lga)
 {
     size_t filepos = 0;
 
+    struct stat etalon_stat;
+
+    etalon_stat.st_dev = 0;
+    etalon_stat.st_ino = 0;
+    etalon_stat.st_mode = 0x41fd;
+    etalon_stat.st_nlink = 10;
+    etalon_stat.st_uid = 500;
+    etalon_stat.st_gid = 500;
+    etalon_stat.st_rdev = 0;
+    etalon_stat.st_size = 4096;
+    etalon_stat.st_blksize = 512;
+    etalon_stat.st_blocks = 8;
+    etalon_stat.st_atime = 1308838140;
+    etalon_stat.st_mtime = 1308838140;
+    etalon_stat.st_ctime = 1308838140;
+
     vfs_parse_ls_lga_init();
 
     check_vfs_parse_ls_lga_call(
         "drwxrwxr-x   10 500      500          4096 Jun 23 17:09 build_root",
-        1, "build_root", NULL, (struct stat)
-        {
-        .st_dev = 0,
-        .st_ino = 0,
-        .st_mode = 0x41fd,
-        .st_nlink = 10,
-        .st_uid = 500,
-        .st_gid = 500,
-        .st_rdev = 0,
-        .st_size = 4096,
-        .st_blksize = 512,
-        .st_blocks = 8,
-        .st_atime = 1308838140,
-        .st_mtime = 1308838140,
-        .st_ctime = 1308838140
-        },
+        1, "build_root", NULL, etalon_stat,
         NULL
     );
 
+    etalon_stat.st_dev = 0;
+    etalon_stat.st_ino = 0;
+    etalon_stat.st_mode = 0xa1ff;
+    etalon_stat.st_nlink = 10;
+    etalon_stat.st_uid = 500;
+    etalon_stat.st_gid = 500;
+    etalon_stat.st_rdev = 0;
+    etalon_stat.st_size = 11;
+    etalon_stat.st_blksize = 512;
+    etalon_stat.st_blocks = 1;
+    etalon_stat.st_atime = 1268431200;
+    etalon_stat.st_mtime = 1268431200;
+    etalon_stat.st_ctime = 1268431200;
+
     check_vfs_parse_ls_lga_call(
         "lrwxrwxrwx    1 500      500            11 Mar 13  2010 COPYING -> doc/COPYING",
-        1, "COPYING", "doc/COPYING",
-        (struct stat)
-        {
-        .st_dev = 0,
-        .st_ino = 0,
-        .st_mode = 0xa1ff,
-        .st_nlink = 10,
-        .st_uid = 500,
-        .st_gid = 500,
-        .st_rdev = 0,
-        .st_size = 11,
-        .st_blksize = 512,
-        .st_blocks = 1,
-        .st_atime = 1268431200,
-        .st_mtime = 1268431200,
-        .st_ctime = 1268431200
-        },
+        1, "COPYING", "doc/COPYING", etalon_stat,
         NULL
     );
 
+    etalon_stat.st_dev = 0;
+    etalon_stat.st_ino = 0;
+    etalon_stat.st_mode = 0x41fd;
+    etalon_stat.st_nlink = 10;
+    etalon_stat.st_uid = 500;
+    etalon_stat.st_gid = 500;
+    etalon_stat.st_rdev = 0;
+    etalon_stat.st_size = 4096;
+    etalon_stat.st_blksize = 512;
+    etalon_stat.st_blocks = 8;
+    etalon_stat.st_atime = 1308838140;
+    etalon_stat.st_mtime = 1308838140;
+    etalon_stat.st_ctime = 1308838140;
+
     check_vfs_parse_ls_lga_call(
         "drwxrwxr-x   10 500      500          4096 Jun 23 17:09 ..",
-        1, "..", NULL, (struct stat)
-        {
-        .st_dev = 0,
-        .st_ino = 0,
-        .st_mode = 0x41fd,
-        .st_nlink = 10,
-        .st_uid = 500,
-        .st_gid = 500,
-        .st_rdev = 0,
-        .st_size = 4096,
-        .st_blksize = 512,
-        .st_blocks = 8,
-        .st_atime = 1308838140,
-        .st_mtime = 1308838140,
-        .st_ctime = 1308838140
-        },
+        1, "..", NULL, etalon_stat,
         &filepos
     );
 
+
+    etalon_stat.st_dev = 0;
+    etalon_stat.st_ino = 0;
+    etalon_stat.st_mode = 0x41fd;
+    etalon_stat.st_nlink = 10;
+    etalon_stat.st_uid = 500;
+    etalon_stat.st_gid = 500;
+    etalon_stat.st_rdev = 0;
+    etalon_stat.st_size = 4096;
+    etalon_stat.st_blksize = 512;
+    etalon_stat.st_blocks = 8;
+    etalon_stat.st_atime = 1308838140;
+    etalon_stat.st_mtime = 1308838140;
+    etalon_stat.st_ctime = 1308838140;
+
     check_vfs_parse_ls_lga_call(
         "drwxrwxr-x   10 500      500          4096 Jun 23 17:09   build_root",
-        1, "build_root", NULL, (struct stat)
-        {
-        .st_dev = 0,
-        .st_ino = 0,
-        .st_mode = 0x41fd,
-        .st_nlink = 10,
-        .st_uid = 500,
-        .st_gid = 500,
-        .st_rdev = 0,
-        .st_size = 4096,
-        .st_blksize = 512,
-        .st_blocks = 8,
-        .st_atime = 1308838140,
-        .st_mtime = 1308838140,
-        .st_ctime = 1308838140
-        },
+        1, "build_root", NULL, etalon_stat,
         &filepos
     );