diff --git a/common/cross-profiles/armv5te.sh b/common/cross-profiles/armv5te.sh
index 7f6b9e0b80c..b0fe7015bc1 100644
--- a/common/cross-profiles/armv5te.sh
+++ b/common/cross-profiles/armv5te.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,4 @@
 XBPS_TARGET_ARCH="armv5tel"
 XBPS_CROSS_TRIPLET="arm-linux-gnueabi"
 XBPS_CROSS_CFLAGS="-march=armv5te -msoft-float -mfloat-abi=soft"
-XBPS_CFLAGS="-O2 -pipe -fstack-protector --param ssp-buffer-size=2"
-XBPS_CXXFLAGS="$XBPS_CFLAGS"
 XBPS_CROSS_CXXFLAGS="$XBPS_CROSS_CFLAGS"