diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 0f5220364..5f42f3079 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -7681,7 +7681,7 @@ fi
       LIBVAMP_LOCAL_AVAILABLE="yes"
             LIBVAMP_LOCAL_BUILD="vamp-sdk"
             LIBVAMP_LOCAL_CXXFLAGS='-I$(top_srcdir)/lib-src/libvamp'
-      LIBVAMP_LOCAL_LDFLAGS='-L$(top_builddir)/lib-src/libvamp/src -lvamp-hostsdk'
+      LIBVAMP_LOCAL_LIBS="libvamp-hostsdk.a"
             LIBVAMP_LOCAL_OPTOBJS="effects/vamp/VampEffect.o effects/vamp/LoadVamp.o"
                   LIBVAMP_LOCAL_CPPSYMBOLS="USE_VAMP"
             LIBVAMP_LOCAL_CONFIGURE_ARGS="--disable-programs"
diff --git a/lib-src/Makefile.in b/lib-src/Makefile.in
index 7a7a44dde..68a6c073f 100644
--- a/lib-src/Makefile.in
+++ b/lib-src/Makefile.in
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ libnyquist.a: libnyquist-recursive
 #
 vamp-sdk:
 	$(MAKE) -C libvamp sdkstatic
+libvamp-hostsdk.a: vamp-sdk
+	ln -sf libvamp/libvamp-hostsdk.a libvamp-hostsdk.a
 
 # libtwolame
 libtwolame-recursive:
diff --git a/m4/audacity_checklib_libvamp.m4 b/m4/audacity_checklib_libvamp.m4
index aca616506..f4d5e1320 100644
--- a/m4/audacity_checklib_libvamp.m4
+++ b/m4/audacity_checklib_libvamp.m4
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([AUDACITY_CHECKLIB_LIBVAMP], [
       LIBVAMP_LOCAL_BUILD="vamp-sdk"
       dnl compiler and linker flags
       LIBVAMP_LOCAL_CXXFLAGS='-I$(top_srcdir)/lib-src/libvamp'
-      LIBVAMP_LOCAL_LDFLAGS='-L$(top_builddir)/lib-src/libvamp/src -lvamp-hostsdk'
+      LIBVAMP_LOCAL_LIBS="libvamp-hostsdk.a"
       dnl add some extra object files we can build
       LIBVAMP_LOCAL_OPTOBJS="effects/vamp/VampEffect.o effects/vamp/LoadVamp.o"
       dnl define a pre-processor symbol to tell other code that the vamp host