Index: scconfig/hooks.c
===================================================================
--- scconfig/hooks.c	(revision 2325)
+++ scconfig/hooks.c	(revision 2326)
@@ -218,11 +218,14 @@
 	else {
 		report("No need for glib, skipping GLIB detection\n");
 		put("libs/sul/glib/presents", "false");
+	}
+
+	if (isfalse(get("libs/sul/glib/presents"))) {
+		/* Makefile templates will still reference these variables, they should be empty */
 		put("libs/sul/glib/cflags", "");
 		put("libs/sul/glib/ldflags", "");
 	}
 
-
 	if (want_gd) {
 		require("libs/gui/gd/presents", 0, 0);
 		if (!istrue(get("libs/gui/gd/presents"))) {