diff --git a/deps/tools/common.mk b/deps/tools/common.mk
index 5506991f62184..8f025a55b67f3 100644
--- a/deps/tools/common.mk
+++ b/deps/tools/common.mk
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 ## Some shared configuration options ##
 
+# NOTE: Do not make RPATH changes in CMAKE_COMMON on platforms other than FreeBSD, since
+# it will make its way into the LLVM build flags, and LLVM is picky about RPATH (though
+# apparently not on FreeBSD). Ref PR #22352
+
 CONFIGURE_COMMON := --prefix=$(abspath $(build_prefix)) --build=$(BUILD_MACHINE) --libdir=$(abspath $(build_libdir)) --bindir=$(abspath $(build_depsbindir)) $(CUSTOM_LD_LIBRARY_PATH)
 ifneq ($(XC_HOST),)
 CONFIGURE_COMMON += --host=$(XC_HOST)
@@ -40,10 +44,6 @@ CMAKE_COMMON += -DCMAKE_RC_COMPILER="$$(which $(CROSS_COMPILE)windres)"
 endif
 endif
 
-# NOTE: Do not make RPATH changes in CMAKE_COMMON on platforms other than FreeBSD, since
-# it will make its way into the LLVM build flags, and LLVM is picky about RPATH (though
-# apparently not on FreeBSD). Ref PR #22352
-
 # For now this is LLVM specific, but I expect it won't be in the future
 ifeq ($(CMAKE_GENERATOR),Ninja)
 CMAKE_GENERATOR_COMMAND := -G Ninja