diff --git a/build/aarch64/binutils/build.sh b/build/aarch64/binutils/build.sh
index 49c670d99..56b149882 100755
--- a/build/aarch64/binutils/build.sh
+++ b/build/aarch64/binutils/build.sh
@@ -24,13 +24,13 @@ SUMMARY="GNU binary utilities ($ARCH target)"
 DESC="A set of programming tools for creating and managing binary programs, "
 DESC+="object files, libraries, etc."
 
-# does not yet build with gcc 14
-((GCCVER > 13)) && set_gccver 13
-
 REPO=$GITHUB/richlowe/$PROG
 BRANCH=illumos-arm64-${VER/./-}
 
 set_arch 64
+# Needed for X/Open curses/termcap
+set_standard -xcurses XPG6 CFLAGS
+
 CTF_FLAGS+=" -s"
 
 XFORM_ARGS="