diff --git a/common/cross-profiles/aarch64.sh b/common/cross-profiles/aarch64.sh
index 4e9f72f78ff..2b549a4e99c 100644
--- a/common/cross-profiles/aarch64.sh
+++ b/common/cross-profiles/aarch64.sh
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
 XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE="aarch64"
 XBPS_TARGET_QEMU_MACHINE="aarch64"
 XBPS_CROSS_TRIPLET="aarch64-linux-gnu"
-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"
 XBPS_CROSS_FFLAGS=""