diff --git a/src/chmod/chmod.rs b/src/chmod/chmod.rs
index a34dd201e..015dc0433 100644
--- a/src/chmod/chmod.rs
+++ b/src/chmod/chmod.rs
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 extern crate getopts;
 extern crate libc;
 extern crate regex;
-#[plugin] extern crate regex_macros;
+#[plugin] #[no_link] extern crate regex_macros;
 
 use std::ffi::CString;
 use std::io::fs;
diff --git a/src/nl/nl.rs b/src/nl/nl.rs
index 020ecbc9f..d39f77334 100644
--- a/src/nl/nl.rs
+++ b/src/nl/nl.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
  */
 #![feature(plugin)]
 
-#[plugin] extern crate regex_macros;
+#[plugin] #[no_link] extern crate regex_macros;
 extern crate regex;
 extern crate getopts;