diff --git a/libraries/Keyboardio-Macros/library.properties b/libraries/Keyboardio-Macros/library.properties
index 15fbbe7a..fb9949be 100644
--- a/libraries/Keyboardio-Macros/library.properties
+++ b/libraries/Keyboardio-Macros/library.properties
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ paragraph=...
 category=Communication
 url=https://github.com/keyboardio/KeyboardioFirmware
 architectures=avr
+dot_a_linkage=true
diff --git a/libraries/Keyboardio-Macros/src/Keyboardio-Macros.cpp b/libraries/Keyboardio-Macros/src/Keyboardio-Macros.cpp
index 0014e07c..1e443793 100644
--- a/libraries/Keyboardio-Macros/src/Keyboardio-Macros.cpp
+++ b/libraries/Keyboardio-Macros/src/Keyboardio-Macros.cpp
@@ -57,5 +57,3 @@ static bool handleMacroEvent(Key mappedKey, byte row, byte col, uint8_t keyState
 Macros_::Macros_ (void) {
     event_handler_hook_add (handleMacroEvent);
 }
-
-Macros_ Macros;
diff --git a/libraries/Keyboardio-Macros/src/Keyboardio-Macros.h b/libraries/Keyboardio-Macros/src/Keyboardio-Macros.h
index 6717ee4e..6773bbb5 100644
--- a/libraries/Keyboardio-Macros/src/Keyboardio-Macros.h
+++ b/libraries/Keyboardio-Macros/src/Keyboardio-Macros.h
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@ class Macros_ {
     void play(const macro_t *macro_p);
 };
 
-extern Macros_ Macros;
+static Macros_ Macros;