diff --git a/dev-libs/lsbcrypt/files/1.0.0-fix-flags-directry.patch b/dev-libs/lsbcrypt/files/1.0.0-fix-flags-directry.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 75c4a083ef..0000000000
--- a/dev-libs/lsbcrypt/files/1.0.0-fix-flags-directry.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-I am attempting to fix the following bugs.
-https://bugs.gentoo.org/909726
-diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
-index 03ebfa5..bed7d39 100644
---- a/Makefile
-+++ b/Makefile
-@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
--CC = gcc
--CFLAGS = $(shell grep '^CFLAGS = ' crypt_blowfish/Makefile | cut -d= -f2-)
-+#CC = gcc
-+#CFLAGS = $(shell grep '^CFLAGS = ' crypt_blowfish/Makefile | cut -d= -f2-)
- .PHONY: crypt_blowfish
- 
- all: bcrypt.a
diff --git a/dev-libs/lsbcrypt/lsbcrypt-1.0.0-r2.ebuild b/dev-libs/lsbcrypt/lsbcrypt-1.0.0-r2.ebuild
index 605f740e3f..a692e84949 100644
--- a/dev-libs/lsbcrypt/lsbcrypt-1.0.0-r2.ebuild
+++ b/dev-libs/lsbcrypt/lsbcrypt-1.0.0-r2.ebuild
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2023 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
 
+inherit toolchain-funcs
+
 COMMIT="55ff64349dec3012cfbbb1c4f92d4dbd46920213"
 
 DESCRIPTION="libcrypt wrapper for LiteSpeedTech"
@@ -17,11 +19,21 @@ KEYWORDS="~amd64"
 
 PATCHES=(
 	"${FILESDIR}"/${PV}-fix-tests.patch
-	"${FILESDIR}"/${PV}-fix-flags-directly.patch
 )
 
-src_test() {
+src_prepare() {
 	default
+
+	# fix hardcoded ar
+	sed -i "s/ar/$(tc-getAR)/" Makefile || die
+}
+
+src_compile() {
+	emake CC="$(tc-getCC)" CFLAGS="${CFLAGS}"
+}
+
+src_test() {
+	emake test CC="$(tc-getCC)" CFLAGS="${CFLAGS}"
 	./bcrypt_test || die "Tests failed!"
 }