diff -r 7b90af8664ca -r 804792ce736f make/launcher/Launcher-jdk.pack.gmk
--- a/make/launcher/Launcher-jdk.pack.gmk	Thu Oct 04 14:12:34 2018 -0700
+++ b/make/launcher/Launcher-jdk.pack.gmk	Fri Oct 05 07:54:28 2018 +0200
@@ -91,21 +91,15 @@
     CFLAGS_solaris := -KPIC, \
     CFLAGS_macosx := -fPIC, \
     DISABLED_WARNINGS_clang := format-nonliteral, \
-    LDFLAGS := $(UNPACKEXE_ZIPOBJS) \
-        $(LDFLAGS_JDKEXE) $(LDFLAGS_CXX_JDK) \
+    LDFLAGS := $(LDFLAGS_JDKEXE) $(LDFLAGS_CXX_JDK) \
         $(call SET_SHARED_LIBRARY_ORIGIN), \
     LIBS := $(UNPACKEXE_LIBS) $(LIBCXX), \
     OBJECT_DIR := $(SUPPORT_OUTPUTDIR)/native/$(MODULE)/unpackexe, \
     MANIFEST := $(TOPDIR)/src/jdk.pack/windows/native/unpack200/unpack200_proto.exe.manifest, \
     MANIFEST_VERSION := $(VERSION_NUMBER_FOUR_POSITIONS), \
+    EXTRA_OBJECT_FILES := $(UNPACKEXE_ZIPOBJS) \
 ))
 
-ifneq ($(USE_EXTERNAL_LIBZ), true)
-
-  $(BUILD_UNPACKEXE): $(UNPACKEXE_ZIPOBJS)
-
-endif
-
 TARGETS += $(BUILD_UNPACKEXE)
 
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