diff --git a/utils/ccc b/utils/ccc
index d4a3ee7..015c031 100755
--- a/utils/ccc
+++ b/utils/ccc
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
             link_opts.append(arg)
         
         # Options with one argument that should be ignored
-        if arg in ['--param', '-arch']:
+        if arg in ['--param', '-arch', '-u']:
             i += 1
 
         # Prefix matches for the compile mode
@@ -183,7 +183,8 @@
 
     if action == 'link':
         for i, file in enumerate(files):
-            if extension(file) != "o":
+            ext = extension(file)
+            if ext != "o" and ext != "a":
                 out = changeextension(file, "o")
                 args = ['-o', out, file] + compile_opts
                 compile(args)