diff --git a/common/cross-profiles/i686-musl.sh b/common/cross-profiles/i686-musl.sh
index 0f6a29b0d8..b36e13c85d 100644
--- a/common/cross-profiles/i686-musl.sh
+++ b/common/cross-profiles/i686-musl.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 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"