diff --git a/portage/make.conf b/portage/make.conf
index af792b9..d74e6d1 100644
--- a/portage/make.conf
+++ b/portage/make.conf
@@ -20,15 +20,15 @@ OBJDUMP="llvm-objdump"
 
 # Flags.
 ## Hardening flags.
-C_HARDENING="-fPIE -fPIC -fstack-protector-all -fstack-clash-protection -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2"
-LD_HARDENING="-Wl,-pie -Wl,--strip-all -Wl,-z,defs -Wl,-z,now -Wl,-z,relro"
+C_SEC="-fPIE -fPIC -fstack-protector-all -fstack-clash-protection -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2"
+LD_SEC="-Wl,-pie -Wl,--strip-all -Wl,-z,defs -Wl,-z,now -Wl,-z,relro"
 
 ## Common flags.
-CFLAGS="-march=znver1 -O2 -pipe -flto=full -U__gnu_linux__ ${C_HARDENING}"
-CXXFLAGS="-march=znver1 -O2 -pipe -flto=full ${C_HARDENING}"
+CFLAGS="-march=znver1 -O2 -pipe -flto=full -U__gnu_linux__ ${C_SEC}"
+CXXFLAGS="-march=znver1 -O2 -pipe -flto=full ${C_SEC}"
 
 ## Linker flags.
-LDFLAGS="-fuse-ld=lld -rtlib=compiler-rt -unwindlib=libunwind ${LD_HARDENING}"
+LDFLAGS="-fuse-ld=lld -rtlib=compiler-rt -unwindlib=libunwind ${LD_SEC}"
 
 ## USE flags.
 USE="clang dbus elogind libcxx libedit llvm-libunwind lto nftables pulseaudio system-av1 system-harfbuzz system-icu system-jpeg system-libvpx system-llvm system-png system-webp wayland"