diff --git a/Makefile.base.mk b/Makefile.base.mk
index cfbdad8..1b0e9b9 100644
--- a/Makefile.base.mk
+++ b/Makefile.base.mk
@@ -39,9 +39,149 @@ SYSDEPS ?= false
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(SYSDEPS),true)
-RACK_DEP_PATH = $(abspath $(ROOT)/dep/sysroot)
+RACK_DEP_PATH = $(abspath $(ROOT)/deps/sysroot)
 else
 RACK_DEP_PATH = $(abspath $(ROOT)/src/Rack/dep)
 endif
 
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Custom build flags
+
+BASE_FLAGS += -I$(abspath $(ROOT)/include)
+BASE_FLAGS += -I$(abspath $(ROOT)/include/simd-compat)
+BASE_FLAGS += -I$(RACK_DEP_PATH)/include
+
+ifeq ($(MOD_BUILD),true)
+BASE_FLAGS += -DSIMDE_ENABLE_OPENMP -fopenmp
+LINK_FLAGS += -fopenmp
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(NOSIMD),true)
+BASE_FLAGS += -DCARDINAL_NOSIMD
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(SYSDEPS),true)
+BASE_FLAGS += -DCARDINAL_SYSDEPS
+BASE_FLAGS += $(shell $(PKG_CONFIG) --cflags jansson libarchive samplerate speexdsp)
+else
+BASE_FLAGS += -DZSTDLIB_VISIBILITY=
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(BSD)$(HAIKU),true)
+BASE_FLAGS += -DCLOCK_MONOTONIC_RAW=CLOCK_MONOTONIC
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(BSD)$(WASM),true)
+BASE_FLAGS += -D'aligned_alloc_16(ptr)'='aligned_alloc(16,ptr)'
+BASE_FLAGS += -D'aligned_free_16(ptr)'='free(ptr)'
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(HAIKU)$(WASM),true)
+BASE_FLAGS += -I$(abspath $(ROOT)/include/linux-compat)
+else
+BASE_FLAGS += -pthread
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(WINDOWS),true)
+BASE_FLAGS += -D_USE_MATH_DEFINES
+BASE_FLAGS += -DWIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
+BASE_FLAGS += -D_WIN32_WINNT=0x0600
+BASE_FLAGS += -I$(abspath $(ROOT)/include/mingw-compat)
+endif
+
+BASE_OPTS += -fno-finite-math-only
+BASE_OPTS += -fno-strict-aliasing
+
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Rack build flags
+
+ifeq ($(BUILDING_RACK),true)
+
+# Rack code is not tested for this flag, unset it
+BUILD_CXX_FLAGS += -U_GLIBCXX_ASSERTIONS -Wp,-U_GLIBCXX_ASSERTIONS
+
+# Ignore bad behaviour from Rack API
+BUILD_CXX_FLAGS += -Wno-format-security
+
+# Ignore warnings from simde
+ifeq ($(MOD_BUILD),true)
+BUILD_CXX_FLAGS += -Wno-overflow
+endif
+
+# lots of warnings from VCV side
+BASE_FLAGS += -Wno-unused-parameter
+BASE_FLAGS += -Wno-unused-variable
+
+ifeq ($(CPU_ARM_OR_ARM64)$(CPU_RISCV64),true)
+BASE_FLAGS += -Wno-attributes
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(MACOS),true)
+BASE_FLAGS += -DARCH_MAC
+else ifeq ($(WINDOWS),true)
+BASE_FLAGS += -DARCH_WIN
+else
+BASE_FLAGS += -DARCH_LIN
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(DEBUG),true)
+BASE_FLAGS += -UDEBUG
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(HEADLESS),true)
+BASE_FLAGS += -DHEADLESS
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(USE_GLES2),true)
+BASE_FLAGS += -DNANOVG_GLES2_FORCED
+else ifeq ($(USE_GLES3),true)
+BASE_FLAGS += -DNANOVG_GLES3_FORCED
+endif
+
+# needed for enabling SSE in pffft
+ifeq ($(CPU_I386),true)
+BASE_FLAGS += -Di386
+endif
+
+# SIMD must always be enabled, even in debug builds
+ifneq ($(NOSIMD),true)
+ifeq ($(DEBUG),true)
+
+ifeq ($(WASM),true)
+BASE_FLAGS += -msse -msse2 -msse3 -msimd128
+else ifeq ($(CPU_ARM32),true)
+BASE_FLAGS += -mfpu=neon-vfpv4 -mfloat-abi=hard
+else ifeq ($(CPU_I386_OR_X86_64),true)
+BASE_FLAGS += -msse -msse2 -mfpmath=sse
+endif
+
+endif
+endif
+
+BASE_FLAGS += -I$(abspath $(ROOT)/dpf/dgl/src/nanovg)
+BASE_FLAGS += -I$(abspath $(ROOT)/dpf/distrho)
+
+BASE_FLAGS += -I$(abspath $(ROOT)/include/simde)
+
+BASE_FLAGS += -I$(abspath $(ROOT)/src)
+BASE_FLAGS += -I$(abspath $(ROOT)/src/Rack/include)
+BASE_FLAGS += -I$(abspath $(ROOT)/src/Rack/include/dsp)
+BASE_FLAGS += -I$(abspath $(ROOT)/src/Rack/dep/filesystem/include)
+BASE_FLAGS += -I$(abspath $(ROOT)/src/Rack/dep/fuzzysearchdatabase/src)
+BASE_FLAGS += -I$(abspath $(ROOT)/src/Rack/dep/glfw/include)
+BASE_FLAGS += -I$(abspath $(ROOT)/src/Rack/dep/nanosvg/src)
+BASE_FLAGS += -I$(abspath $(ROOT)/src/Rack/dep/oui-blendish)
+BASE_FLAGS += -I$(abspath $(ROOT)/src/Rack/dep/pffft)
+
+BUILD_C_FLAGS += -std=gnu11
+
+ifneq ($(MACOS),true)
+BUILD_CXX_FLAGS += -faligned-new -Wno-abi
+ifeq ($(MOD_BUILD),true)
+BUILD_CXX_FLAGS += -std=gnu++17
+endif
+endif
+
+endif
+
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/deps/Makefile b/deps/Makefile
index ebe130c..97c986a 100644
--- a/deps/Makefile
+++ b/deps/Makefile
@@ -7,43 +7,6 @@
 ROOT = ..
 include $(ROOT)/Makefile.base.mk
 
-# --------------------------------------------------------------
-# custom build flags
-
-BASE_FLAGS += -I$(abspath ../include)
-BASE_FLAGS += -I$(abspath ../include/simd-compat)
-
-ifeq ($(NOSIMD),true)
-BASE_FLAGS += -DCARDINAL_NOSIMD
-endif
-
-ifeq ($(HAIKU)$(WASM),true)
-BASE_FLAGS += -I$(abspath ../include/linux-compat)
-endif
-
-ifneq ($(SYSDEPS),true)
-BASE_FLAGS += -DZSTDLIB_VISIBILITY=
-endif
-
-ifneq ($(HAIKU),true)
-ifneq ($(WASM),true)
-BASE_FLAGS += -pthread
-endif
-endif
-
-ifeq ($(WINDOWS),true)
-BASE_FLAGS += -D_USE_MATH_DEFINES
-BASE_FLAGS += -DWIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
-BASE_FLAGS += -D_WIN32_WINNT=0x0600
-BASE_FLAGS += -I$(abspath ../include/mingw-compat)
-endif
-
-BUILD_C_FLAGS += -fno-finite-math-only -fno-strict-aliasing
-BUILD_CXX_FLAGS += -fno-finite-math-only -fno-strict-aliasing
-
-# Rack code is not tested for this flag, unset it
-BUILD_CXX_FLAGS += -U_GLIBCXX_ASSERTIONS -Wp,-U_GLIBCXX_ASSERTIONS
-
 # --------------------------------------------------------------
 # override VCV arch.mk stuff so we can build more architectures
 
diff --git a/plugins/Makefile b/plugins/Makefile
index 3601ff6..43bce9f 100644
--- a/plugins/Makefile
+++ b/plugins/Makefile
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 # Created by falkTX
 #
 
+BUILDING_RACK = true
 ROOT = ..
 include $(ROOT)/Makefile.base.mk
 
@@ -1260,134 +1261,22 @@ else
 BUILD_DIR = ../build/plugins
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(MACOS),true)
-BASE_FLAGS += -DARCH_MAC
-else ifeq ($(WINDOWS),true)
-BASE_FLAGS += -DARCH_WIN
-else
-BASE_FLAGS += -DARCH_LIN
-endif
-
 BASE_FLAGS += -DBUILDING_PLUGIN_MODULES
-BASE_FLAGS += -I../dpf/dgl/src/nanovg
-BASE_FLAGS += -I../dpf/distrho
-
-BASE_FLAGS += -I../include
-BASE_FLAGS += -I../include/osdialog-stub
-BASE_FLAGS += -I../include/simd-compat
-BASE_FLAGS += -I../include/simde
-
-ifeq ($(HAVE_X11),true)
-BASE_FLAGS += -DHAVE_X11
-endif
-
-ifeq ($(SYSDEPS),true)
-BASE_FLAGS += -DCARDINAL_SYSDEPS
-BASE_FLAGS += $(shell $(PKG_CONFIG) --cflags jansson libarchive samplerate speexdsp)
-BASE_FLAGS += -I../deps/sysroot/include
-else
-BASE_FLAGS += -DZSTDLIB_VISIBILITY=
-BASE_FLAGS += -I../src/Rack/dep/include
-endif
-
-BASE_FLAGS += -I../src
-BASE_FLAGS += -I../src/Rack/include
-BASE_FLAGS += -I../src/Rack/include/dsp
-BASE_FLAGS += -I../src/Rack/dep/filesystem/include
-# # BASE_FLAGS += -I../src/Rack/dep/fuzzysearchdatabase/src
-BASE_FLAGS += -I../src/Rack/dep/glfw/include
-BASE_FLAGS += -I../src/Rack/dep/nanosvg/src
-BASE_FLAGS += -I../src/Rack/dep/oui-blendish
-BASE_FLAGS += -I../src/Rack/dep/pffft
-
-ifeq ($(DEBUG),true)
-BASE_FLAGS += -UDEBUG
-endif
-
-ifeq ($(HEADLESS),true)
-BASE_FLAGS += -DHEADLESS
-endif
-
-# SIMD must always be enabled, even in debug builds
-ifeq ($(NOSIMD),true)
-BASE_FLAGS += -DCARDINAL_NOSIMD
-else ifeq ($(DEBUG),true)
-ifeq ($(WASM),true)
-BASE_FLAGS += -msse -msse2 -msse3 -msimd128
-else ifeq ($(CPU_ARM32),true)
-BASE_FLAGS += -mfpu=neon-vfpv4 -mfloat-abi=hard
-else ifeq ($(CPU_I386_OR_X86_64),true)
-BASE_FLAGS += -msse -msse2 -mfpmath=sse
-endif
-endif
-
-ifeq ($(BSD)$(WASM),true)
-BASE_FLAGS += -D'aligned_alloc_16(ptr)'='aligned_alloc(16,ptr)'
-BASE_FLAGS += -D'aligned_free_16(ptr)'='free(ptr)'
-endif
-
-ifeq ($(MOD_BUILD),true)
-BASE_FLAGS += -DSIMDE_ENABLE_OPENMP -fopenmp
-endif
-
-ifneq ($(WASM),true)
-ifneq ($(HAIKU),true)
-BASE_FLAGS += -pthread
-endif
-endif
-
-ifeq ($(WINDOWS),true)
-BASE_FLAGS += -D_USE_MATH_DEFINES
-BASE_FLAGS += -DWIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
-BASE_FLAGS += -D_WIN32_WINNT=0x0600
-BASE_FLAGS += -I../include/mingw-compat
-endif
-
-ifeq ($(USE_GLES2),true)
-BASE_FLAGS += -DNANOVG_GLES2_FORCED
-else ifeq ($(USE_GLES3),true)
-BASE_FLAGS += -DNANOVG_GLES3_FORCED
-endif
+BASE_FLAGS += -I$(abspath $(ROOT)/include/osdialog-stub)
 
 ifeq ($(shell $(PKG_CONFIG) --exists sndfile && echo true),true)
 BASE_FLAGS += -DHAVE_SNDFILE
 endif
 
-BUILD_C_FLAGS += -std=gnu11
-
-ifneq ($(MACOS),true)
-BUILD_CXX_FLAGS += -faligned-new -Wno-abi
-ifeq ($(MOD_BUILD),true)
-BUILD_CXX_FLAGS += -std=gnu++17
-endif
-endif
-
-# Rack code is not tested for this flag, unset it
-BUILD_CXX_FLAGS += -U_GLIBCXX_ASSERTIONS -Wp,-U_GLIBCXX_ASSERTIONS
-
-# Ignore bad behaviour from Rack API
-BUILD_CXX_FLAGS += -Wno-format-security
-
-# Ignore warnings from simde
-ifeq ($(MOD_BUILD),true)
-BUILD_CXX_FLAGS += -Wno-overflow
+ifeq ($(HAVE_X11),true)
+BASE_FLAGS += -DHAVE_X11
 endif
 
 # Use this for any plugins that rely on NaN presence
 NOFINITE_FLAGS = -fno-finite-math-only -fno-strict-aliasing
 
 # --------------------------------------------------------------
-# lots of warnings from VCV side
-
-BASE_FLAGS += -Wno-unused-parameter
-BASE_FLAGS += -Wno-unused-variable
-
-ifeq ($(CPU_ARM_OR_ARM64)$(CPU_RISCV64),true)
-BASE_FLAGS += -Wno-attributes
-endif
-
-# --------------------------------------------------------------
-# also from plugins
+# lots of warnings from plugins
 
 BASE_FLAGS += -Wno-deprecated-declarations
 
diff --git a/src/Makefile b/src/Makefile
index bcee861..9e7cf1b 100644
--- a/src/Makefile
+++ b/src/Makefile
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 # Created by falkTX
 #
 
+BUILDING_RACK = true
 ROOT = ..
 include $(ROOT)/Makefile.base.mk
 
@@ -16,128 +17,17 @@ else
 BUILD_DIR = ../build/rack
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(MACOS),true)
-BASE_FLAGS += -DARCH_MAC
-else ifeq ($(WINDOWS),true)
-BASE_FLAGS += -DARCH_WIN
-else
-BASE_FLAGS += -DARCH_LIN
-endif
-
-ifeq ($(HAIKU),true)
-BASE_FLAGS += -I../include/linux-compat
-else ifeq ($(WASM),true)
-BASE_FLAGS += -I../include/linux-compat
-endif
-
 BASE_FLAGS += -DPRIVATE=
-BASE_FLAGS += -I../dpf/dgl/src/nanovg
-BASE_FLAGS += -I../dpf/distrho
-BASE_FLAGS += -I../include
-BASE_FLAGS += -I../include/simd-compat
-BASE_FLAGS += -IRack/include
-ifeq ($(SYSDEPS),true)
-BASE_FLAGS += -DCARDINAL_SYSDEPS
-BASE_FLAGS += $(shell pkg-config --cflags jansson libarchive samplerate speexdsp)
-else
-BASE_FLAGS += -DZSTDLIB_VISIBILITY=
-BASE_FLAGS += -IRack/dep/include
-endif
-BASE_FLAGS += -IRack/dep/filesystem/include
-BASE_FLAGS += -IRack/dep/fuzzysearchdatabase/src
-BASE_FLAGS += -IRack/dep/glfw/include
-BASE_FLAGS += -IRack/dep/nanosvg/src
-BASE_FLAGS += -IRack/dep/osdialog
-BASE_FLAGS += -IRack/dep/oui-blendish
-BASE_FLAGS += -IRack/dep/pffft
-
-ifeq ($(CPU_I386),true)
-# needed for enabling SSE in pffft
-BASE_FLAGS += -Di386
-endif
-
-ifeq ($(DEBUG),true)
-BASE_FLAGS += -UDEBUG
-endif
+BASE_FLAGS += -I$(abspath $(ROOT)/src/Rack/dep/osdialog)
 
 ifeq ($(HAVE_LIBLO),true)
 BASE_FLAGS += -DHAVE_LIBLO $(LIBLO_FLAGS)
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(HEADLESS),true)
-BASE_FLAGS += -DHEADLESS
-endif
-
-# SIMD must always be enabled, even in debug builds
-ifeq ($(NOSIMD),true)
-BASE_FLAGS += -DCARDINAL_NOSIMD
-else ifeq ($(DEBUG),true)
-ifeq ($(WASM),true)
-BASE_FLAGS += -msse -msse2 -msse3 -msimd128
-else ifeq ($(CPU_ARM32),true)
-BASE_FLAGS += -mfpu=neon-vfpv4 -mfloat-abi=hard
-else ifeq ($(CPU_I386_OR_X86_64),true)
-BASE_FLAGS += -msse -msse2 -mfpmath=sse
-endif
-endif
-
-ifeq ($(BSD),true)
-BASE_FLAGS += -DCLOCK_MONOTONIC_RAW=CLOCK_MONOTONIC_PRECISE
-endif
-
-ifeq ($(HAIKU),true)
-BASE_FLAGS += -DCLOCK_MONOTONIC_RAW=CLOCK_MONOTONIC
-endif
-
-ifeq ($(MOD_BUILD),true)
-BASE_FLAGS += -DSIMDE_ENABLE_OPENMP -fopenmp
-endif
-
-ifneq ($(WASM),true)
-ifneq ($(HAIKU),true)
-BASE_FLAGS += -pthread
-endif
-endif
-
-ifeq ($(WINDOWS),true)
-BASE_FLAGS += -D_USE_MATH_DEFINES
-BASE_FLAGS += -DWIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
-BASE_FLAGS += -D_WIN32_WINNT=0x0600
-BASE_FLAGS += -I../include/mingw-compat
-endif
-
-ifeq ($(USE_GLES2),true)
-BASE_FLAGS += -DNANOVG_GLES2_FORCED
-else ifeq ($(USE_GLES3),true)
-BASE_FLAGS += -DNANOVG_GLES3_FORCED
-endif
-
-BUILD_C_FLAGS += -std=gnu11
-BUILD_C_FLAGS += -fno-finite-math-only -fno-strict-aliasing
-BUILD_CXX_FLAGS += -fno-finite-math-only -fno-strict-aliasing
-
-ifneq ($(MACOS),true)
-BUILD_CXX_FLAGS += -faligned-new -Wno-abi
-ifeq ($(MOD_BUILD),true)
-BUILD_CXX_FLAGS += -std=gnu++17
-endif
-endif
-
 # use our custom function to invert some colors
 BUILD_CXX_FLAGS += -DnsvgDelete=nsvgDeleteCardinal
 BUILD_CXX_FLAGS += -DnsvgParseFromFile=nsvgParseFromFileCardinal
 
-# Rack code is not tested for this flag, unset it
-BUILD_CXX_FLAGS += -U_GLIBCXX_ASSERTIONS -Wp,-U_GLIBCXX_ASSERTIONS
-
-# Ignore bad behaviour from Rack API
-BUILD_CXX_FLAGS += -Wno-format-security
-
-# Ignore warnings from simde
-ifeq ($(MOD_BUILD),true)
-BUILD_CXX_FLAGS += -Wno-overflow
-endif
-
 # --------------------------------------------------------------
 # Rack files to build
 
diff --git a/src/Makefile.cardinal.mk b/src/Makefile.cardinal.mk
index 6683307..0cc3b7f 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.cardinal.mk
+++ b/src/Makefile.cardinal.mk
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 # Created by falkTX
 #
 
+BUILDING_RACK = true
 ROOT = ../..
 include $(ROOT)/Makefile.base.mk
 
@@ -62,11 +63,7 @@ endif # CARDINAL_VARIANT mini
 
 PREFIX  ?= /usr/local
 
-ifeq ($(SYSDEPS),true)
-DEP_LIB_PATH = $(abspath ../../deps/sysroot/lib)
-else
-DEP_LIB_PATH = $(abspath ../Rack/dep/lib)
-endif
+DEP_LIB_PATH = $(RACK_DEP_PATH)/lib
 
 # --------------------------------------------------------------
 # Files to build (DPF stuff)
@@ -266,97 +263,15 @@ include ../../dpf/Makefile.plugins.mk
 # --------------------------------------------------------------
 # Extra flags for VCV stuff
 
-ifeq ($(MACOS),true)
-BASE_FLAGS += -DARCH_MAC
-else ifeq ($(WINDOWS),true)
-BASE_FLAGS += -DARCH_WIN
-else
-BASE_FLAGS += -DARCH_LIN
-endif
-
 BASE_FLAGS += -DPRIVATE=
-BASE_FLAGS += -I..
-BASE_FLAGS += -I../../dpf/dgl/src/nanovg
-BASE_FLAGS += -I../../include
-BASE_FLAGS += -I../../include/simd-compat
-BASE_FLAGS += -I../Rack/include
-ifeq ($(SYSDEPS),true)
-BASE_FLAGS += -DCARDINAL_SYSDEPS
-BASE_FLAGS += $(shell $(PKG_CONFIG) --cflags jansson libarchive samplerate speexdsp)
-else
-BASE_FLAGS += -DZSTDLIB_VISIBILITY=
-BASE_FLAGS += -I../Rack/dep/include
-endif
-BASE_FLAGS += -I../Rack/dep/glfw/include
-BASE_FLAGS += -I../Rack/dep/nanosvg/src
-BASE_FLAGS += -I../Rack/dep/oui-blendish
-
-ifeq ($(HEADLESS),true)
-BASE_FLAGS += -DHEADLESS
-endif
-
-# SIMD must always be enabled, even in debug builds
-ifeq ($(NOSIMD),true)
-BASE_FLAGS += -DCARDINAL_NOSIMD
-else ifeq ($(DEBUG),true)
-ifeq ($(WASM),true)
-BASE_FLAGS += -msse -msse2 -msse3 -msimd128
-else ifeq ($(CPU_ARM32),true)
-BASE_FLAGS += -mfpu=neon-vfpv4 -mfloat-abi=hard
-else ifeq ($(CPU_I386_OR_X86_64),true)
-BASE_FLAGS += -msse -msse2 -mfpmath=sse
-endif
-endif
 
 ifeq ($(MOD_BUILD),true)
 BASE_FLAGS += -DDISTRHO_PLUGIN_MINIMUM_BUFFER_SIZE=0xffff
 BASE_FLAGS += -DDISTRHO_PLUGIN_USES_MODGUI=1
-BASE_FLAGS += -DSIMDE_ENABLE_OPENMP -fopenmp
-LINK_FLAGS += -fopenmp
 else ifeq ($(CARDINAL_VARIANT),mini)
-BUILD_CXX_FLAGS += -DDISTRHO_PLUGIN_MINIMUM_BUFFER_SIZE=0xffff
-endif
-
-ifneq ($(WASM),true)
-ifneq ($(HAIKU),true)
-BASE_FLAGS += -pthread
-endif
-endif
-
-ifeq ($(WINDOWS),true)
-BASE_FLAGS += -D_USE_MATH_DEFINES
-BASE_FLAGS += -DWIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
-BASE_FLAGS += -D_WIN32_WINNT=0x0600
-BASE_FLAGS += -I../../include/mingw-compat
-endif
-
-ifeq ($(USE_GLES2),true)
-BASE_FLAGS += -DNANOVG_GLES2_FORCED
-else ifeq ($(USE_GLES3),true)
-BASE_FLAGS += -DNANOVG_GLES3_FORCED
-endif
-
-BUILD_C_FLAGS += -std=gnu11
-
-ifneq ($(MACOS),true)
-BUILD_CXX_FLAGS += -faligned-new -Wno-abi
-ifeq ($(MOD_BUILD),true)
-BUILD_CXX_FLAGS += -std=gnu++17
-endif
+BASE_FLAGS += -DDISTRHO_PLUGIN_MINIMUM_BUFFER_SIZE=0xffff
 endif
 
-# Rack code is not tested for this flag, unset it
-BUILD_CXX_FLAGS += -U_GLIBCXX_ASSERTIONS -Wp,-U_GLIBCXX_ASSERTIONS
-
-# Ignore bad behaviour from Rack API
-BUILD_CXX_FLAGS += -Wno-format-security
-
-# --------------------------------------------------------------
-# FIXME lots of warnings from VCV side
-
-BASE_FLAGS += -Wno-unused-parameter
-BASE_FLAGS += -Wno-unused-variable
-
 # --------------------------------------------------------------
 # extra linker flags
 
@@ -407,9 +322,13 @@ endif
 LINK_FLAGS += $(foreach d,$(SYMLINKED_DIRS_RESOURCES),--preload-file=../../bin/CardinalNative.lv2/resources/$(d)@/resources/$(d))
 
 else ifeq ($(HAIKU),true)
+
 LINK_FLAGS += -lpthread
+
 else
+
 LINK_FLAGS += -pthread
+
 endif
 
 ifneq ($(HAIKU_OR_MACOS_OR_WINDOWS),true)
@@ -418,11 +337,9 @@ LINK_FLAGS += -ldl
 endif
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(BSD),true)
-ifeq ($(DEBUG),true)
+ifeq ($(BSD)$(DEBUG),true)
 LINK_FLAGS += -lexecinfo
 endif
-endif
 
 ifeq ($(MACOS),true)
 LINK_FLAGS += -framework IOKit