diff --git a/srcpkgs/mariadb/template b/srcpkgs/mariadb/template
index 437ff757b38..78d5e2dbdbe 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/mariadb/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/mariadb/template
@@ -34,35 +34,31 @@ replaces="mysql>=0"
 conf_files="/etc/mysql/my.cnf"
 system_accounts="mysql"
 mysql_homedir="/var/lib/mysql"
-CFLAGS="-w -fcommon"
+CFLAGS="-w -fcommon -DDBUG_OFF=1"
+CXXFLAGS="-DDBUG_OFF=1"
 
 pre_configure() {
 	# We need some host binaries before starting cross compilation.
 	if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
+		mkdir -p build.native
 		# XXX still broken: jemalloc configure execs host bins.
-		CC= CXX= CPP= LD= AR= AS= RANLIB= CFLAGS= CXXFLAGS= LDFLAGS= cmake .
-		make comp_err comp_sql gen_lex_hash gen_lex_token
-		mkdir bin.host
-		cp extra/comp_err bin.host
-		cp scripts/comp_sql bin.host
-		cp sql/gen_lex_hash bin.host
-		cp sql/gen_lex_token bin.host
-		make clean
-		rm CMakeCache.txt
+		CC= CXX= CPP= LD= AR= AS= RANLIB= CFLAGS= CXXFLAGS= LDFLAGS= \
+			cmake -S . -B build.native
+		make -C build.native comp_err comp_sql gen_lex_hash gen_lex_token
 	fi
 }
 
 pre_build() {
 	if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
 		# CMake complains if those binaries ain't in build
-		cp bin.host/comp_err ${wrksrc}/extra
-		cp bin.host/comp_err ${wrksrc}/build/extra
-		cp bin.host/comp_sql ${wrksrc}/scripts
-		cp bin.host/comp_sql ${wrksrc}/build/scripts
-		cp bin.host/gen_lex_hash ${wrksrc}/sql
-		cp bin.host/gen_lex_hash ${wrksrc}/build/sql
-		cp bin.host/gen_lex_token ${wrksrc}/sql
-		cp bin.host/gen_lex_token ${wrksrc}/build/sql
+		cp build.native/extra/comp_err ${wrksrc}/extra
+		cp build.native/extra/comp_err ${wrksrc}/build/extra
+		cp build.native/scripts/comp_sql ${wrksrc}/scripts
+		cp build.native/scripts/comp_sql ${wrksrc}/build/scripts
+		cp build.native/sql/gen_lex_hash ${wrksrc}/sql
+		cp build.native/sql/gen_lex_hash ${wrksrc}/build/sql
+		cp build.native/sql/gen_lex_token ${wrksrc}/sql
+		cp build.native/sql/gen_lex_token ${wrksrc}/build/sql
 		export PATH=${PATH}:${wrksrc}/extra:${wrksrc}/scripts:${wrksrc}/sql
 	fi
 	export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${wrksrc}/build/storage/tokudb/ft-index/portability