diff -Nru parted-1.8.8.orig/configure parted-1.8.8/configure
--- parted-1.8.8.orig/configure	2007-08-09 20:49:21.000000000 +0200
+++ parted-1.8.8/configure	2008-02-12 02:37:04.000000000 +0100
@@ -12816,7 +12816,6 @@
      # native cc issues annoying warnings and then ignores it,
      # which would cause us to incorrectly conclude that it worked.
      for gl_flags in \
-	'-Wl,--as-needed' \
 	'-Wl,-z,ignore' \
 	'-z ignore'
      do
diff -Nru parted-1.8.8.orig/m4/lib-ignore.m4 parted-1.8.8/m4/lib-ignore.m4
--- parted-1.8.8.orig/m4/lib-ignore.m4	2006-07-03 10:32:46.000000000 +0200
+++ parted-1.8.8/m4/lib-ignore.m4	2008-02-12 02:36:36.000000000 +0100
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
      # native cc issues annoying warnings and then ignores it,
      # which would cause us to incorrectly conclude that it worked.
      for gl_flags in \
-	'-Wl,--as-needed' \
 	'-Wl,-z,ignore' \
 	'-z ignore'
      do