diff --git a/libgloss/arc/nsim.specs b/libgloss/arc/nsim.specs
index ec8724cdc..508bdb24e 100644
--- a/libgloss/arc/nsim.specs
+++ b/libgloss/arc/nsim.specs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 -lnsim
 
 *nsim_libc:
-%{!specs=nano.specsc} %{specs=nano.specsc_nano}
+%{!specs=nano.specs:-lc} %{specs=nano.specs:-lc_nano}
 
 *link_gcc_c_sequence:
 %(nsim_link_gcc_c_sequence) --start-group %G %(nsim_libc) %(nsim_libgloss) --end-group