diff --git a/glibc.changes b/glibc.changes
index 94daa2c..df2a1f4 100644
--- a/glibc.changes
+++ b/glibc.changes
@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@ Tue Sep 27 11:24:02 UTC 2011 - aj@suse.de
 - Add glibc-2.14-fix-ctors.patch to run ctors (bnc#717671), gcc 4.6
   optimized these away.
 
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Sep 26 12:30:09 UTC 2011 - adrian@suse.de
+
+- don't use -fasynchronous-unwind-tables on arm, it breaks the build
+
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 Thu Sep 22 21:07:43 CEST 2011 - dmueller@suse.de
 
diff --git a/glibc.spec b/glibc.spec
index c38a3c6..2f28b07 100644
--- a/glibc.spec
+++ b/glibc.spec
@@ -536,7 +536,6 @@ PARALLEL="%{?_smp_mflags}"
 %endif
 %ifarch %arm armv5tel armv7l armv8l
 	add_ons=$add_ons,glibc-ports-%{version}
-	BuildFlags="$BuildFlags -fasynchronous-unwind-tables"
 	# fails to build otherwise - need to recheck and fix
 	%define enable_stackguard_randomization 0
 %endif