diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index e08946b3..71779a58 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ Changes in this release include the following:
 
 * Include the MSVC runtime DLLs for Python 3.7 builds too.
 
+* Clear LIBPATH_PYEXT and LIB_PYEXT for linux builds too. (#904)
+
+
+
 
 
 4.0.3 "The show must go on. (Die show-stoppers! Die!)"
diff --git a/wscript b/wscript
index 08ca54a6..0c8a2f66 100644
--- a/wscript
+++ b/wscript
@@ -309,14 +309,13 @@ def configure(conf):
             _cleanFlags(conf, key)
 
         # Waf 2 is now calling pythonX.Y-config for fetching libs and flags,
-        # and it may be outputing flags that will cause an explicit link to
+        # and it may be outputting flags that will cause an explicit link to
         # Python's lib, which we don't want as that could tie us to that
-        # speicifc Python instance instead of the one that is loading the
+        # specific Python instance instead of the one that is loading the
         # wxPython extension modules. That's okay for PYEMBED but not for PYEXT
         # configs.  
-        if not isWindows:
-            conf.env.LIBPATH_PYEXT = []
-            conf.env.LIB_PYEXT = []
+        conf.env.LIBPATH_PYEXT = []
+        conf.env.LIB_PYEXT = []
 
 
         # Use the same compilers that wxWidgets used