diff --git a/media-video/ffmpeg/ffmpeg7-7.1.2.recipe b/media-video/ffmpeg/ffmpeg7-7.1.2.recipe
index 06063331e..59b602400 100644
--- a/media-video/ffmpeg/ffmpeg7-7.1.2.recipe
+++ b/media-video/ffmpeg/ffmpeg7-7.1.2.recipe
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ BUILD()
 		cc="gcc${gccSuffix/_/-}"
 		ccArgs="--cc=$cc --cxx=g++${secondaryArchSuffix/_/-}
 			--ld=gcc${secondaryArchSuffix/_/-}
-			--host-ld=gcc${secondaryArchSuffix/_/-}"
+			--host-ld=gcc${secondaryArchSuffix/_/-} --extra-cflags=-fno-builtin-popcount"
 
 		# Hack up base headers to make them think we're on GCC2 ABI
 		mkdir -p include_hacks include_hacks/os include_hacks/config
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ BUILD()
 
 		baseLDFLAGS="-B/system/bin/${gccSuffix/_/}"
 		ccArgs="$ccArgs --host-ldflags=\"${baseLDFLAGS}\""
-		export CFLAGS="-isystem$(pwd) -isystem$(pwd)/os -isystem$(pwd)/config -fno-builtin-popcount"
+		export CFLAGS="-isystem$(pwd) -isystem$(pwd)/os -isystem$(pwd)/config"
 		export LDFLAGS="$baseLDFLAGS $(pwd)/gcc_runtime.o"
 		extraArgs="--disable-asm"
 	else