diff --git a/Emscripten-build-instructions.md b/Emscripten-build-instructions.md
index 1bf9f1f6e..aa60cf124 100644
--- a/Emscripten-build-instructions.md
+++ b/Emscripten-build-instructions.md
@@ -93,7 +93,6 @@ You will also want to set a few environment variables
 export PREFIX=$CONDA_PREFIX/envs/CppInterOp-wasm
 export CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=$PREFIX
 export CMAKE_SYSTEM_PREFIX_PATH=$PREFIX
-export LDFLAGS="-s MODULARIZE=1 -s LINKABLE=1 -s EXPORT_ALL=1 -s WASM=1 -std=c++14 -s SIDE_MODULE=1 -sWASM_BIGINT"
 ```
 
 Now to build CppInterOp execute the following  
@@ -125,7 +124,6 @@ the CppInterOp build folder, you can build the wasm version of xeus-cpp by execu
 
 ```bash
 cd ../..
-export LDFLAGS="-s MODULARIZE=1 -s LINKABLE=1 -s EXPORT_ALL=1 -s WASM=1 -std=c++14 -sWASM_BIGINT"
 export SYSROOT_PATH=$PWD/emsdk/upstream/emscripten/cache/sysroot
 git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/compiler-research/xeus-cpp.git
 cd ./xeus-cpp