diff --git a/build/scripts/build_cross_tools_gcc4 b/build/scripts/build_cross_tools_gcc4
index 3c4ba83491..571be11e0d 100755
--- a/build/scripts/build_cross_tools_gcc4
+++ b/build/scripts/build_cross_tools_gcc4
@@ -28,8 +28,11 @@ export MAKE
 
 case $haikuMachine in
 x86_64-*)
-	binutilsConfigureArgs="--enable-multilib"
-	gccConfigureArgs="--enable-multilib"
+	# GCC's default is to enable multilib, but there is a bug when
+	# explicitly using --enable-multilib that causes a build
+	# failure
+	binutilsConfigureArgs=""
+	gccConfigureArgs=""
 	;;
 m68k-*)
 	binutilsConfigureArgs="--enable-multilib"