diff --git a/srcpkgs/openjdk8/template b/srcpkgs/openjdk8/template
index 30b7fdd3131..478986b3ca6 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/openjdk8/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/openjdk8/template
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ configure_args="
  --with-vendor-name="Void"
  --with-vendor-url="https://voidlinux.org/"
  --with-vendor-bug-url="https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/issues"
- --with-vendor-vm-bug-url="https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/issues""
+ --with-vendor-vm-bug-url="https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/issues"
+ --disable-option-checking"
 make_build_args="images $(vopt_if docs docs) COMPILER_WARNINGS_FATAL=false"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config automake autoconf cpio tar unzip zip ca-certificates
  zlib-devel make-ca which"
@@ -199,8 +200,6 @@ do_configure() {
 			;;
 	esac
 
-	configure_args=${configure_args/--with-libtool-sysroot=\/usr\/[a-z0-9]*-linux-[a-z]*/}
-
 	./configure ${configure_args} --with-extra-cflags="$CFLAGS" \
 	 --with-extra-cxxflags="$CXXFLAGS" --with-extra-ldflags="$LDFLAGS"
 }