diff --git a/common/cross-profiles/aarch64-musl.sh b/common/cross-profiles/aarch64-musl.sh
index 92f81eb498..8d6670a16a 100644
--- a/common/cross-profiles/aarch64-musl.sh
+++ b/common/cross-profiles/aarch64-musl.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,5 @@
 
 XBPS_TARGET_ARCH="aarch64-musl"
 XBPS_CROSS_TRIPLET="aarch64-linux-musl"
-XBPS_CFLAGS="-O2 -pipe" # XXX not yet supported: -fstack-protector-strong
-XBPS_CXXFLAGS="$XBPS_CFLAGS"
 XBPS_CROSS_CFLAGS="-march=armv8-a"
 XBPS_CROSS_CXXFLAGS="$XBPS_CROSS_CFLAGS"