diff -Naurp a/src/rebar_port_compiler.erl b/src/rebar_port_compiler.erl
--- a/src/rebar_port_compiler.erl	2016-08-31 16:47:31.000000000 +0200
+++ b/src/rebar_port_compiler.erl	2020-05-23 13:03:22.464682124 +0200
@@ -673,7 +673,7 @@ default_env() ->
                        "\" "
                       ])},
      {"ERL_EI_LIBDIR", lists:concat(["\"", erl_interface_dir(lib), "\""])},
-     {"ERL_LDFLAGS"  , " -L$ERL_EI_LIBDIR -lerl_interface -lei"},
+     {"ERL_LDFLAGS"  , " -L$ERL_EI_LIBDIR -lei"},
      {"ERLANG_ARCH"  , rebar_utils:wordsize()},
      {"ERLANG_TARGET", rebar_utils:get_arch()},