diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/superenv.rb b/Library/Homebrew/superenv.rb
index 73e2324bef..d6d90a168f 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/superenv.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/superenv.rb
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ class << ENV
   alias_method :x11?, :x11
 
   def reset
-    %w{CC CXX CPP OBJC MAKE
+    %w{CC CXX CPP OBJC MAKE LD
       CFLAGS CXXFLAGS OBJCFLAGS OBJCXXFLAGS LDFLAGS CPPFLAGS
       MACOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET SDKROOT
       CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH CMAKE_INCLUDE_PATH CMAKE_FRAMEWORK_PATH}.