diff --git a/srcpkgs/chromium/template b/srcpkgs/chromium/template
index 66b0ff7db87..ac80f6b78fa 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/chromium/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/chromium/template
@@ -40,10 +40,6 @@ case "${XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE}" in
 	x86_64|i686) build_options_default+=" js_optimize" ;;
 esac
 
-case "${XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE}" in
-	i686) broken="what():  std::bad_alloc during linking" ;;
-esac
-
 post_extract() {
 	case "${XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE}" in
 	*-musl)
@@ -192,9 +188,10 @@ do_configure() {
 		'use_lld=false'
 	)
 
-	# XXX: gold broken with musl
+	# XXX: gold broken with musl and i686
 	case "${XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE}" in
 	*-musl) conf+=( 'use_gold=false' ) ;;
+	i686*) conf+=( 'use_gold=false' ) ;;
 	*) conf+=( 'use_gold=true' ) ;;
 	esac