diff --git a/host-recipes/libstdc++-v3 b/host-recipes/libstdc++-v3
index 71d4276a..c812be81 100644
--- a/host-recipes/libstdc++-v3
+++ b/host-recipes/libstdc++-v3
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ revision=1
 from_source=gcc
 imagedeps="build-essential"
 hostdeps="automake autoconf xbinutils xgcc"
+clean_workdirs=no
 deps="mlibc"
 
 build() {
diff --git a/host-recipes/xgcc b/host-recipes/xgcc
index 044c26b8..24fa9fa5 100644
--- a/host-recipes/xgcc
+++ b/host-recipes/xgcc
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ from_source=gcc
 imagedeps="build-essential libmpfr-dev libmpc-dev libgmp-dev"
 hostdeps="automake autoconf xbinutils pkgconfig"
 deps="mlibc-headers"
+clean_workdirs=no
 
 configure() {
 	${source_dir}/configure --target=x86_64-astral --prefix=${prefix} --with-sysroot=${sysroot_dir} --enable-languages=c,c++ -enable-threads=posix --disable-multilib --enable-shared --enable-host-shared --with-pic