diff --git a/Externals/GLew/SConscript b/Externals/GLew/SConscript
index 79fe2be486..2c22609b1f 100644
--- a/Externals/GLew/SConscript
+++ b/Externals/GLew/SConscript
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ Import('env')
 import sys
 
 if env.has_key('shared_glew') and env['shared_glew']:
-	env['LIBS'] += ['GLEW']
 	Return()
 
 if sys.platform == 'darwin':
diff --git a/Externals/LZO/SConscript b/Externals/LZO/SConscript
index 2d1f67f237..80a47c0ca7 100644
--- a/Externals/LZO/SConscript
+++ b/Externals/LZO/SConscript
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 Import('env')
 
 if env.has_key('shared_lzo') and env['shared_lzo']:
-	env['LIBS'] += ['lzo2']
 	Return()
 
 env['CPPPATH'] += ['#Externals/LZO']
diff --git a/Externals/SDL/SConscript b/Externals/SDL/SConscript
index 745e9582db..93a1df3c72 100644
--- a/Externals/SDL/SConscript
+++ b/Externals/SDL/SConscript
@@ -3,11 +3,10 @@
 Import('env')
 import sys
 
-if sys.platform == 'darwin':
+if env.has_key('shared_sdl') and env['shared_sdl']:
 	Return()
 
-if env.has_key('shared_sdl') and env['shared_sdl']:
-	env['LIBS'] += ['SDL']
+if sys.platform == 'darwin':
 	Return()
 
 files = [
diff --git a/Externals/SOIL/SConscript b/Externals/SOIL/SConscript
index de12b4d3a2..f6cd9fc4e6 100644
--- a/Externals/SOIL/SConscript
+++ b/Externals/SOIL/SConscript
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 Import('env')
 
 if env.has_key('shared_soil') and env['shared_soil']:
-	env['LIBS'] += ['SOIL']
 	Return()
 
 files = [
diff --git a/Externals/libpng/SConscript b/Externals/libpng/SConscript
index 77e9dfd842..1d5ca4c5c6 100644
--- a/Externals/libpng/SConscript
+++ b/Externals/libpng/SConscript
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ Import('env')
 import sys
 
 if env.has_key('shared_png') and env['shared_png']:
-	# Currently using libwxpng in the shared case
-	#env['LIBS'] += ['png']
 	Return()
 
 files = [
diff --git a/Externals/zlib/SConscript b/Externals/zlib/SConscript
index c442d634e8..a9bd6e8340 100644
--- a/Externals/zlib/SConscript
+++ b/Externals/zlib/SConscript
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ Import('env')
 import sys
 
 if env.has_key('shared_zlib') and env['shared_zlib']:
-	env['LIBS'] += ['z']
+	Return()
+
+if sys.platform == 'darwin':
 	Return()
 
 files = [
diff --git a/SConstruct b/SConstruct
index 7de79a26b1..10c4c043a3 100644
--- a/SConstruct
+++ b/SConstruct
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ if sys.platform == 'darwin':
     env['LINKFLAGS'] += ccld
     env['LINKFLAGS'] += ['-Wl,-dead_strip,-dead_strip_dylibs']
     env['LINKFLAGS'] += ['-Wl,-pagezero_size,0x1000']
+    #env['LINKFLAGS'] += ['-Wl,-read_only_relocs,suppress']
 
     #if float(os.popen('xcode-select -version').read()[21:]) < 2000:
     #    print 'Xcode 4 running on Snow Leopard is required to build Dolphin'
@@ -164,10 +165,8 @@ if sys.platform == 'darwin':
             wxconfig.ParseWXConfig(wxenv)
             env['CPPPATH'] += wxenv['CPPPATH']
             env['wxconfiglibs'] = wxenv['LIBS']
-            env['shared_png'] = True
 
     env['data_dir'] = '#' + env['prefix'] + '/Dolphin.app/Contents/Resources'
-    env['shared_zlib'] = True
 
     if env['bundle']:
         app = env['prefix'] + '/Dolphin.app'
@@ -240,7 +239,6 @@ else:
             env['flavor'] == 'debug')
         if env['HAVE_WX']:
             wxconfig.ParseWXConfig(env)
-            env['shared_png'] = True
         else:
             print "wxWidgets not found - see config.log"
 
diff --git a/Source/Core/DolphinWX/Src/SConscript b/Source/Core/DolphinWX/Src/SConscript
index 998826144f..ee0350b96c 100644
--- a/Source/Core/DolphinWX/Src/SConscript
+++ b/Source/Core/DolphinWX/Src/SConscript
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ if sys.platform == 'win32':
 elif sys.platform == 'darwin':
 	env['CPPPATH'] += ['#Externals']
 	env['FRAMEWORKPATH'] += ['Externals/Cg']
-	env['LIBS'] += ['iconv']
+	env['LIBS'] += ['iconv', 'z']
 	frameworksflags += ['-Wl,-weak_framework,Cg']
 	frameworksflags += ['-Wl,-weak_framework,OpenCL']