diff --git a/makepkg-i686.conf b/makepkg-i686.conf
index 64ddd67337d27d623e446a9287d438f98aac7480..ac54d07ba481599430083b59d7f04b69a763c46b 100644
--- a/makepkg-i686.conf
+++ b/makepkg-i686.conf
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ DLAGENTS=('ftp::/usr/bin/curl -fC - --ftp-pasv --retry 3 --retry-delay 3 -o %o %
 # /usr/bin/lftpget -c
 # /usr/bin/wget
 
-#-- The the package required by makepkg to download VCS sources
+#-- The package required by makepkg to download VCS sources
 #  Format: 'protocol::package'
 VCSCLIENTS=('bzr::bzr'
             'git::git'
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
 # -march (or -mcpu) builds exclusively for an architecture
 # -mtune optimizes for an architecture, but builds for whole processor family
 CPPFLAGS="-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2"
-CFLAGS="-march=i686 -mtune=generic -O2 -pipe -fstack-protector-strong --param=ssp-buffer-size=4"
-CXXFLAGS="-march=i686 -mtune=generic -O2 -pipe -fstack-protector-strong --param=ssp-buffer-size=4"
+CFLAGS="-march=i686 -mtune=generic -O2 -pipe -fstack-protector-strong"
+CXXFLAGS="-march=i686 -mtune=generic -O2 -pipe -fstack-protector-strong"
 LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1,--sort-common,--as-needed,-z,relro"
 #-- Make Flags: change this for DistCC/SMP systems
 #MAKEFLAGS="-j2"
@@ -50,17 +50,16 @@ DEBUG_CXXFLAGS="-g -fvar-tracking-assignments"
 # BUILD ENVIRONMENT
 #########################################################################
 #
-# Defaults: BUILDENV=(fakeroot !distcc color !ccache check !sign)
+# Defaults: BUILDENV=(!distcc color !ccache check !sign)
 #  A negated environment option will do the opposite of the comments below.
 #
-#-- fakeroot: Allow building packages as a non-root user
 #-- distcc:   Use the Distributed C/C++/ObjC compiler
 #-- color:    Colorize output messages
 #-- ccache:   Use ccache to cache compilation
 #-- check:    Run the check() function if present in the PKGBUILD
 #-- sign:     Generate PGP signature file
 #
-BUILDENV=(fakeroot !distcc color !ccache check !sign)
+BUILDENV=(!distcc color !ccache check !sign)
 #
 #-- If using DistCC, your MAKEFLAGS will also need modification. In addition,
 #-- specify a space-delimited list of hosts running in the DistCC cluster.
diff --git a/makepkg-x86_64.conf b/makepkg-x86_64.conf
index cf14784a6abce49c6e183d1f848a9dc02f5996c9..415231a8b3c1719f12e314d777cc410f1d7e4cc0 100644
--- a/makepkg-x86_64.conf
+++ b/makepkg-x86_64.conf
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ DLAGENTS=('ftp::/usr/bin/curl -fC - --ftp-pasv --retry 3 --retry-delay 3 -o %o %
 # /usr/bin/lftpget -c
 # /usr/bin/wget
 
-#-- The the package required by makepkg to download VCS sources
+#-- The package required by makepkg to download VCS sources
 #  Format: 'protocol::package'
 VCSCLIENTS=('bzr::bzr'
             'git::git'
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ CHOST="x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu"
 # -march (or -mcpu) builds exclusively for an architecture
 # -mtune optimizes for an architecture, but builds for whole processor family
 CPPFLAGS="-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2"
-CFLAGS="-march=x86-64 -mtune=generic -O2 -pipe -fstack-protector-strong --param=ssp-buffer-size=4"
-CXXFLAGS="-march=x86-64 -mtune=generic -O2 -pipe -fstack-protector-strong --param=ssp-buffer-size=4"
+CFLAGS="-march=x86-64 -mtune=generic -O2 -pipe -fstack-protector-strong"
+CXXFLAGS="-march=x86-64 -mtune=generic -O2 -pipe -fstack-protector-strong"
 LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1,--sort-common,--as-needed,-z,relro"
 #-- Make Flags: change this for DistCC/SMP systems
 #MAKEFLAGS="-j2"
@@ -50,17 +50,16 @@ DEBUG_CXXFLAGS="-g -fvar-tracking-assignments"
 # BUILD ENVIRONMENT
 #########################################################################
 #
-# Defaults: BUILDENV=(fakeroot !distcc color !ccache check !sign)
+# Defaults: BUILDENV=(!distcc color !ccache check !sign)
 #  A negated environment option will do the opposite of the comments below.
 #
-#-- fakeroot: Allow building packages as a non-root user
 #-- distcc:   Use the Distributed C/C++/ObjC compiler
 #-- color:    Colorize output messages
 #-- ccache:   Use ccache to cache compilation
 #-- check:    Run the check() function if present in the PKGBUILD
 #-- sign:     Generate PGP signature file
 #
-BUILDENV=(fakeroot !distcc color !ccache check !sign)
+BUILDENV=(!distcc color !ccache check !sign)
 #
 #-- If using DistCC, your MAKEFLAGS will also need modification. In addition,
 #-- specify a space-delimited list of hosts running in the DistCC cluster.