diff --git a/srcpkgs/qt5/template b/srcpkgs/qt5/template
index 97e6708dcf9..e810f6dd4fd 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/qt5/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/qt5/template
@@ -231,11 +231,8 @@ do_configure() {
 	# opts+=" -silent"
 	opts+=" -v"
 
-	if [ -z "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
-		if [ "${XBPS_MACHINE%%-musl}" = i686 ]; then
-			LDFLAGS+=" -Wl,--no-keep-memory"  # else OOM on 32-bit
-		fi
-	else
+	LDFLAGS+=" -Wl,--no-keep-memory"  # needs more than 8GB RAM else
+	if [ -n "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
 		spec=void-${XBPS_CROSS_TRIPLET}-g++
 		_create_config ${spec}
 		opts+=" -device ${spec}"