diff --git a/opal/mca/common/libfabric/configure.m4 b/opal/mca/common/libfabric/configure.m4
index e024af2a35..2cc713cfa1 100644
--- a/opal/mca/common/libfabric/configure.m4
+++ b/opal/mca/common/libfabric/configure.m4
@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([_OPAL_COMMON_LIBFABRIC_SETUP_LIBFABRIC_EMBEDDED],[
     AS_IF([test $opal_common_libfabric_happy -eq 1],
            [opal_common_libfabric_CPPFLAGS="-I$OPAL_TOP_SRCDIR/opal/mca/common/libfabric/libfabric/include"
             opal_common_libfabric_build_embedded=1
+            opal_common_libfabric_LIBADD="\$(OPAL_TOP_BUILDDIR)/opal/mca/common/libfabric/lib${OPAL_LIB_PREFIX}mca_common_libfabric.la"
 
             # OMPI's debugging compile flags are fairly aggressive,
             # and include -pedantic.  Unfortunately, there's a bunch
@@ -287,7 +288,6 @@ AC_DEFUN([_OPAL_COMMON_LIBFABRIC_EMBEDDED_PROVIDER_USNIC],[
 
     AS_IF([test $opal_common_libfabric_usnic_happy -eq 1],
           [opal_common_libfabric_CPPFLAGS="$opal_common_libfabric_CPPFLAGS -I$OPAL_TOP_SRCDIR/opal/mca/common/libfabric/libfabric/prov/usnic/src -I$OPAL_TOP_SRCDIR/opal/mca/common/libfabric/libfabric/prov/usnic/src/usnic_direct"
-           opal_common_libfabric_LIBADD="\$(OPAL_TOP_BUILDDIR)/opal/mca/common/libfabric/lib${OPAL_LIB_PREFIX}mca_common_libfabric.la"
            opal_common_libfabric_embedded_LIBADD="-lnl"])
 ])
 
@@ -319,7 +319,6 @@ AC_DEFUN([_OPAL_COMMON_LIBFABRIC_EMBEDDED_PROVIDER_PSM],[
 
     AS_IF([test $opal_common_libfabric_psm_happy -eq 1],
           [opal_common_libfabric_CPPFLAGS="$opal_common_libfabric_CPPFLAGS -I$OPAL_TOP_SRCDIR/opal/mca/common/libfabric/libfabric/prov/psm/src"
-           opal_common_libfabric_LIBADD="\$(OPAL_TOP_BUILDDIR)/opal/mca/common/libfabric/lib${OPAL_LIB_PREFIX}mca_common_libfabric.la"
            opal_common_libfabric_embedded_LIBADD="-lpsm_infinipath"])
 ])