diff -Naur clockspeed-0.62.orig/conf-cc clockspeed-0.62/conf-cc
--- clockspeed-0.62.orig/conf-cc	1998-10-13 12:37:49.000000000 -0500
+++ clockspeed-0.62/conf-cc	2015-02-25 13:38:10.932118897 -0600
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-gcc -O2
+$CC $CFLAGS
 
 This will be used to compile .c files.
diff -Naur clockspeed-0.62.orig/conf-ld clockspeed-0.62/conf-ld
--- clockspeed-0.62.orig/conf-ld	1998-10-13 12:37:49.000000000 -0500
+++ clockspeed-0.62/conf-ld	2015-02-25 13:40:43.579122985 -0600
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-gcc -s
+$CC -s $LDFLAGS
 
 This will be used to link .o files into an executable.