diff --git a/src/mkoctfile.in b/src/mkoctfile.in
--- a/src/mkoctfile.in
+++ b/src/mkoctfile.in
@@ -99,9 +99,9 @@
 : ${LIBS=%OCTAVE_CONF_LIBS%}
 : ${FLIBS=%OCTAVE_CONF_FLIBS%}
 : ${OCTAVE_LINK_DEPS=%OCTAVE_CONF_OCTAVE_LINK_DEPS%}
-: ${OCTAVE_LINK_DEPS=%OCTAVE_CONF_OCTAVE_LINK_OPTS%}
-: ${OCT_LINK_DEPS=%OCTAVE_CONF_MKOCTFILE_OCT_LINK_DEPS%}
-: ${OCT_LINK_DEPS=%OCTAVE_CONF_MKOCTFILE_OCT_LINK_OPTS%}
+: ${OCTAVE_LINK_OPTS=%OCTAVE_CONF_OCTAVE_LINK_OPTS%}
+: ${OCT_LINK_DEPS=%OCTAVE_CONF_OCT_LINK_DEPS%}
+: ${OCT_LINK_OPTS=%OCTAVE_CONF_OCT_LINK_OPTS%}
 : ${LD_CXX=%OCTAVE_CONF_LD_CXX%}
 : ${LDFLAGS=%OCTAVE_CONF_LDFLAGS%}
 : ${LD_STATIC_FLAG=%OCTAVE_CONF_LD_STATIC_FLAG%}