diff --git a/GNUmakefile b/GNUmakefile
index c62098fd..f3d05951 100755
--- a/GNUmakefile
+++ b/GNUmakefile
@@ -813,14 +813,14 @@ ifeq ($(IS_SUN)$(SUN_COMPILER),11)
 endif  # SunOS
 
 # TODO: can we remove this since removing sockets?
-ifneq ($(IS_MINGW),0)
-  LDLIBS += -lws2_32
-endif
+#ifneq ($(IS_MINGW),0)
+#  LDLIBS += -lws2_32
+#endif
 
 # TODO: can we remove this since removing sockets?
-ifneq ($(IS_SUN),0)
-  LDLIBS += -lnsl -lsocket
-endif
+#ifneq ($(IS_SUN),0)
+#  LDLIBS += -lnsl -lsocket
+#endif
 
 ifeq ($(IS_LINUX),1)
   ifeq ($(findstring -fopenmp,$(CXXFLAGS)),-fopenmp)