diff --git a/srcpkgs/aircrack-ng/template b/srcpkgs/aircrack-ng/template
index 2bbd4e0113..0a1859d189 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/aircrack-ng/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/aircrack-ng/template
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ distfiles="https://download.aircrack-ng.org/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=9e592fe7658046220e0ac0a6d05c4026903f3077b248893e0056ccbe4ee88241
 
 pre_configure() {
+	# does runtime detection, this actually breaks build
+	CFLAGS=${CFLAGS/-mno-altivec/}
+	CXXFLAGS=${CXXFLAGS/-mno-altivec/}
+
 	NOCONFIGURE=1 ./autogen.sh
 }