diff --git a/selfdrive/loggerd/SConscript b/selfdrive/loggerd/SConscript
index 2adcfb846..76fbcae6c 100644
--- a/selfdrive/loggerd/SConscript
+++ b/selfdrive/loggerd/SConscript
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 Import('env', 'arch', 'cereal', 'messaging', 'common', 'visionipc', 'gpucommon')
 
 
-logger_lib = env.Library('logger', ["logger.cc"])
-libs = [logger_lib, common, cereal, messaging, visionipc,
+libs = [common, cereal, messaging, visionipc,
         'zmq', 'capnp', 'kj', 'z',
         'avformat', 'avcodec', 'swscale', 'avutil',
         'yuv', 'bz2', 'OpenCL']
 
-src = ['loggerd.cc']
+src = ['logger.cc', 'loggerd.cc']
 if arch in ["aarch64", "larch64"]:
   src += ['omx_encoder.cc']
   libs += ['OmxCore', 'gsl', 'CB'] + gpucommon
@@ -24,8 +23,11 @@ if arch == "Darwin":
   del libs[libs.index('OpenCL')]
   env['FRAMEWORKS'] = ['OpenCL']
 
-env.Program('loggerd', ['main.cc'] + src, LIBS=libs)
+logger_lib = env.Library('logger', src)
+libs.insert(0, logger_lib)
+
+env.Program('loggerd', ['main.cc'], LIBS=libs)
 env.Program('bootlog.cc', LIBS=libs)
 
 if GetOption('test'):
-  env.Program('tests/test_logger', ['tests/test_runner.cc', 'tests/test_loggerd.cc', 'tests/test_logger.cc', env.Object('logger_util', '#/selfdrive/ui/replay/util.cc')] + src, LIBS=[libs] + ['curl', 'crypto', 'bz2'])
+  env.Program('tests/test_logger', ['tests/test_runner.cc', 'tests/test_loggerd.cc', 'tests/test_logger.cc', env.Object('logger_util', '#/selfdrive/ui/replay/util.cc')], LIBS=libs + ['curl', 'crypto'])
diff --git a/selfdrive/ui/SConscript b/selfdrive/ui/SConscript
index ed057bf54..00d528e63 100644
--- a/selfdrive/ui/SConscript
+++ b/selfdrive/ui/SConscript
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ asset_obj = qt_env.Object("assets", assets)
 qt_env.Program("soundd/_soundd", ["soundd/main.cc", "soundd/sound.cc"], LIBS=qt_libs)
 if GetOption('test'):
   qt_env.Program("tests/playsound", "tests/playsound.cc", LIBS=base_libs)
-  qt_env.Program('tests/test_sound', ['tests/test_runner.cc', 'soundd/sound.cc', 'tests/test_sound.cc'], LIBS=[base_libs])
+  qt_env.Program('tests/test_sound', ['tests/test_runner.cc', 'soundd/sound.cc', 'tests/test_sound.cc'], LIBS=qt_libs)
 
 qt_env.SharedLibrary("qt/python_helpers", ["qt/qt_window.cc"], LIBS=qt_libs)