diff --git a/srcpkgs/gcc/template b/srcpkgs/gcc/template
index 561dc9d6ea3..f907c6e47a3 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gcc/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gcc/template
@@ -105,6 +105,9 @@ do_configure() {
 		*-musl) _args+=" --disable-libsanitizer";;
 	esac
 
+	export CFLAGS="${CFLAGS/-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2/}"
+	export CXXFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS/-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2/}"
+
 	CONFIG_SHELL=/bin/bash \
 		./configure --prefix=/usr --mandir=/usr/share/man \
 		--infodir=/usr/share/info --libexecdir=/usr/lib \