diff --git a/repos/base/lib/mk/ld.mk b/repos/base/lib/mk/ld.mk
index 4ba705717b..23fed31558 100644
--- a/repos/base/lib/mk/ld.mk
+++ b/repos/base/lib/mk/ld.mk
@@ -15,3 +15,6 @@ SHARED_LIB := yes
 LD_OPT += -T$(BASE_DIR)/src/lib/ldso/linker.ld
 
 LIBS += $(addprefix ld-,$(KERNEL))
+
+# as the stub libarary is not used at runtime, disregard it as build artifact
+BUILD_ARTIFACTS :=