diff --git a/common/cross-profiles/i686-musl.sh b/common/cross-profiles/i686-musl.sh
index b36e13c85d..65670d9d17 100644
--- a/common/cross-profiles/i686-musl.sh
+++ b/common/cross-profiles/i686-musl.sh
@@ -3,8 +3,4 @@
 XBPS_TARGET_ARCH="i686-musl"
 XBPS_CROSS_TRIPLET="i686-linux-musl"
 XBPS_CROSS_CFLAGS="-march=i686"
-# XXX disable SSP and _FORTIFY_SOURCE
-XBPS_CFLAGS="-O2 -pipe -fno-stack-protector"
-XBPS_CPPFLAGS=
-XBPS_CXXFLAGS="$XBPS_CFLAGS"
 XBPS_CROSS_CXXFLAGS="$XBPS_CROSS_CFLAGS"