diff --git a/srcpkgs/arm-none-eabi-newlib/template b/srcpkgs/arm-none-eabi-newlib/template
index c778d5b9558..cd6c1afc917 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/arm-none-eabi-newlib/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/arm-none-eabi-newlib/template
@@ -26,14 +26,11 @@ lib32disabled=yes
 nostrip=yes
 nodebug=yes
 create_wrksrc=yes
+nocross=yes
 
 hostmakedepends="perl flex bison arm-none-eabi-binutils"
 makedepends="zlib-devel gmp-devel mpfr-devel libmpc-devel isl15-devel"
 
-case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
-	aarch64*) broken="arm-none-eabi-binutils needs to be built for the host" ;;
-esac
-
 _apply_patch() {
 	local args="$1" pname="$(basename $2)"