diff --git a/meta/conf/distro/include/tclibc-baremetal.inc b/meta/conf/distro/include/tclibc-baremetal.inc
index 6043cb6654..abea5a7162 100644
--- a/meta/conf/distro/include/tclibc-baremetal.inc
+++ b/meta/conf/distro/include/tclibc-baremetal.inc
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ USE_NLS ?= "no"
 IMAGE_LINGUAS = ""
 LIBC_DEPENDENCIES = ""
 
+EXTRA_OECONF:pn-gcc-cross-${TARGET_ARCH}:append = " --without-headers"
 DEPENDS:remove:pn-meta-toolchain = "virtual/libc virtual/compilerlibs"
 
 # certain compiler libs cannot be used without libc, avoid the dependence on compilerlibs