diff --git a/scripts/trylink b/scripts/trylink
index 26099976a..9132b3f76 100755
--- a/scripts/trylink
+++ b/scripts/trylink
@@ -51,10 +51,10 @@ check_cc() {
     echo "int main(int argc,char**argv){return argv?argc:0;}" >"$tempname".c
     # Can use "-o /dev/null", but older gcc tend to *unlink it* on failure! :(
     # Was using "-xc /dev/null", but we need a valid C program.
-    # "eval" is needed because CFLAGS can contain
+    # "eval" may be needed is CFLAGS can contain
     # '... -D"BB_VER=KBUILD_STR(1.N.M)" ...'
     # and we need shell to process quotes!
-    eval $CC $CPPFLAGS $CFLAGS $1 "$tempname".c -o "$tempname" >/dev/null 2>&1
+    $CC $CFLAGS $1 "$tempname".c -o "$tempname" >/dev/null 2>&1
     r=$?
     rm -f "$tempname" "$tempname".c "$tempname".o
     return $r
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ check_libc_is_glibc() {
 	syntax error here
 	#endif
 	" >"$tempname".c
-    $CC $CPPFLAGS $CFLAGS "$tempname".c -c -o "$tempname".o >/dev/null 2>&1
+    ! $CC $CFLAGS "$tempname".c -c -o "$tempname".o >/dev/null 2>&1
     r=$?
     rm -f "$tempname" "$tempname".c "$tempname".o
     return $r