diff --git a/tools/export/makefile/Makefile.tmpl b/tools/export/makefile/Makefile.tmpl
index eb2ebbddd2..0081934c08 100644
--- a/tools/export/makefile/Makefile.tmpl
+++ b/tools/export/makefile/Makefile.tmpl
@@ -42,8 +42,6 @@ VPATH = {{vpath|join(" ")}}
 
 PROJECT := {{name}}
 
-{% for sym in symbols %}CC_SYMBOLS += -D{{sym}}
-{% endfor %}
 
 # Project settings
 ###############################################################################
@@ -74,6 +72,13 @@ SREC_CAT = srec_cat
 {%- endif %}
 {%- block additional_executables -%}{%- endblock %}
 
+{% for flag in c_flags %}C_FLAGS += {{flag}}
+{% endfor %}
+{% for flag in cxx_flags %}CXX_FLAGS += {{flag}}
+{% endfor %}
+{% for flag in asm_flags %}ASM_FLAGS += {{flag}}
+{% endfor %}
+
 LD_FLAGS :={%- block ld_flags -%} {{ld_flags|join(" ")}} {% endblock %}
 {% block sys_libs -%}{%- endblock %}
 
@@ -91,21 +96,21 @@ all: $(PROJECT).bin $(PROJECT).hex size
 
 .asm.o:
 	+@$(call MAKEDIR,$(dir $@))
-	$(AS) -c $(CC_SYMBOLS) $(INCLUDE_PATHS) -o $@ $<
+	$(AS) -c $(ASM_FLAGS) $(INCLUDE_PATHS) -o $@ $<
 .s.o:
 	+@$(call MAKEDIR,$(dir $@))
-	$(AS) -c $(CC_SYMBOLS) $(INCLUDE_PATHS) -o $@ $<
+	$(AS) -c $(ASM_FLAGS) $(INCLUDE_PATHS) -o $@ $<
 .S.o:
 	+@$(call MAKEDIR,$(dir $@))
-	$(AS) -c $(CC_SYMBOLS) $(INCLUDE_PATHS) -o $@ $<
+	$(AS) -c $(ASM_FLAGS) $(INCLUDE_PATHS) -o $@ $<
 
 .c.o:
 	+@$(call MAKEDIR,$(dir $@))
-	$(CC) $(CC_SYMBOLS) $(INCLUDE_PATHS) -o $@ $<
+	$(CC) $(C_FLAGS) $(INCLUDE_PATHS) -o $@ $<
 
 .cpp.o:
 	+@$(call MAKEDIR,$(dir $@))
-	$(CPP) $(CC_SYMBOLS) $(INCLUDE_PATHS) -o $@ $<
+	$(CPP) $(CXX_FLAGS) $(INCLUDE_PATHS) -o $@ $<
 
 {% block target_project_elf %}
 $(PROJECT).elf: $(OBJECTS) $(SYS_OBJECTS) $(LINKER_SCRIPT)
diff --git a/tools/export/makefile/__init__.py b/tools/export/makefile/__init__.py
index d59fa8e491..69e01a8c42 100644
--- a/tools/export/makefile/__init__.py
+++ b/tools/export/makefile/__init__.py
@@ -40,9 +40,9 @@ class Makefile(Exporter):
         self.resources.win_to_unix()
 
         to_be_compiled = [splitext(src)[0] + ".o" for src in
-                          self.resources['s_sources'] +
-                          self.resources['c_sources'] +
-                          self.resources['cpp_sources']]
+                          self.resources.s_sources +
+                          self.resources.c_sources +
+                          self.resources.cpp_sources]
 
         libraries = [splitext(lib)[0][3:] for lib in self.resources.libraries]
 
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ class Makefile(Exporter):
             'library_paths': self.resources.lib_dirs,
             'linker_script': self.resources.linker_script,
             'libraries': libraries,
-            'symbols': self.toolchain.get_symbols(),
             'hex_files': self.resources.hex_files,
             'vpath': (["../../.."]
                       if (basename(dirname(dirname(self.export_dir)))
@@ -78,7 +77,7 @@ class Makefile(Exporter):
         if "../." not in ctx["include_paths"]:
             ctx["include_paths"] += ['../.']
         for key in ['include_paths', 'library_paths', 'hex_files',
-                    'to_be_compiled', 'symbols']:
+                    'to_be_compiled']:
             ctx[key] = sorted(ctx[key])
         ctx.update(self.flags)