diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9a26664512..46cce109a0 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -678,7 +678,7 @@ menuselect: menuselect/menuselect menuselect-tree
 	-@menuselect/menuselect $(GLOBAL_MAKEOPTS) $(USER_MAKEOPTS) menuselect.makeopts && (echo "menuselect changes saved!"; rm -f channels/h323/Makefile.ast main/asterisk) || echo "menuselect changes NOT saved!"
 
 menuselect/menuselect: makeopts menuselect/menuselect.c menuselect/menuselect_curses.c menuselect/menuselect_stub.c menuselect/menuselect.h menuselect/linkedlists.h makeopts
-	@unset CC LD AR RANLIB && $(MAKE) -C menuselect CONFIGURE_SILENT="--silent"
+	@env -i && $(MAKE) -C menuselect CONFIGURE_SILENT="--silent"
 
 menuselect-tree: $(foreach dir,$(filter-out main,$(MOD_SUBDIRS)),$(wildcard $(dir)/*.c) $(wildcard $(dir)/*.cc)) build_tools/cflags.xml sounds/sounds.xml build_tools/embed_modules.xml
 	@echo "Generating input for menuselect ..."