diff --git a/dkarm-eabi/scripts/build-gcc.sh b/dkarm-eabi/scripts/build-gcc.sh
index 1f9c2be..2583058 100644
--- a/dkarm-eabi/scripts/build-gcc.sh
+++ b/dkarm-eabi/scripts/build-gcc.sh
@@ -45,6 +45,11 @@ then
 fi
 cd $BUILDSCRIPTDIR
 
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# included zlib has issues with multilib toolchain
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+rm -fr $GCC_SRCDIR/zlib
+
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # build and install just the c compiler
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------------