diff --git a/cross/pkgs/newlib.sh b/cross/pkgs/newlib.sh
index f8762ec..e5fc709 100755
--- a/cross/pkgs/newlib.sh
+++ b/cross/pkgs/newlib.sh
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ export NEWLIB_SRC=$NEWLIB/src/
 export NEWLIB_BUILD=$NEWLIB/build/
 export NEWLIB_PREFIX=$NEWLIB/output/
 
+export LD_PRELOAD=
+
 echo -n Building newlib.
 (
 	# Inside parentheses, and therefore a subshell . . .