diff --git a/lime/tools/platforms/LinuxPlatform.hx b/lime/tools/platforms/LinuxPlatform.hx
index ff255ce05..dcc527e8b 100644
--- a/lime/tools/platforms/LinuxPlatform.hx
+++ b/lime/tools/platforms/LinuxPlatform.hx
@@ -129,16 +129,16 @@ class LinuxPlatform extends PlatformTarget {
 		} else {
 			
 			var haxeArgs = [ hxml ];
+			var flags = [];
 			
 			if (is64) {
 				
 				haxeArgs.push ("-D");
 				haxeArgs.push ("HXCPP_M64");
+				flags.push ("-DHXCPP_M64");
 				
 			}
 			
-			var flags = [ is64 ? "-DHXCPP_M64" : "" ];
-			
 			if (!project.targetFlags.exists ("static")) {
 				
 				ProcessHelper.runCommand ("", "haxe", haxeArgs);