diff --git a/wmake/rules/General/flex b/wmake/rules/General/flex
index c33195546a..06defbb03d 100644
--- a/wmake/rules/General/flex
+++ b/wmake/rules/General/flex
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 .SUFFIXES: .l
 
-ltoo = flex $$SOURCE ; mv lex.yy.c $*.C ; $(CC) $(c++FLAGS) -c $*.C -o $@ 
+ltoo = flex $$SOURCE ; mv lex.yy.c $*.c ; $(cc) $(cFLAGS) -c $*.c -o $@ 
 
 .l.dep:
 	$(MAKE_DEP)