diff --git a/sys-libs/glibc/glibc-2.30-r8.ebuild b/sys-libs/glibc/glibc-2.30-r8.ebuild
index b6a794f3004e5..0421d5e61db16 100644
--- a/sys-libs/glibc/glibc-2.30-r8.ebuild
+++ b/sys-libs/glibc/glibc-2.30-r8.ebuild
@@ -309,8 +309,7 @@ setup_target_flags() {
 			# Workaround GPREL22 overflow by slightly pessimizing global
 			# references to go via 64-bit relocations instead of 22-bit ones.
 			# This allows building glibc on ia64 without an overflow: #723268
-			append-flags -mno-sdata
-			:
+			append-flags -fcommon
 		;;
 		mips)
 			# The mips abi cannot support the GNU style hashes. #233233
diff --git a/sys-libs/glibc/glibc-2.31-r3.ebuild b/sys-libs/glibc/glibc-2.31-r3.ebuild
index d297db2b26d5e..5580625ba6d07 100644
--- a/sys-libs/glibc/glibc-2.31-r3.ebuild
+++ b/sys-libs/glibc/glibc-2.31-r3.ebuild
@@ -303,8 +303,7 @@ setup_target_flags() {
 			# Workaround GPREL22 overflow by slightly pessimizing global
 			# references to go via 64-bit relocations instead of 22-bit ones.
 			# This allows building glibc on ia64 without an overflow: #723268
-			append-flags -mno-sdata
-			:
+			append-flags -fcommon
 		;;
 		mips)
 			# The mips abi cannot support the GNU style hashes. #233233
diff --git a/sys-libs/glibc/glibc-9999.ebuild b/sys-libs/glibc/glibc-9999.ebuild
index ccedec70c6784..2355e5bce34e0 100644
--- a/sys-libs/glibc/glibc-9999.ebuild
+++ b/sys-libs/glibc/glibc-9999.ebuild
@@ -302,8 +302,7 @@ setup_target_flags() {
 			# Workaround GPREL22 overflow by slightly pessimizing global
 			# references to go via 64-bit relocations instead of 22-bit ones.
 			# This allows building glibc on ia64 without an overflow: #723268
-			append-flags -mno-sdata
-			:
+			append-flags -fcommon
 		;;
 		mips)
 			# The mips abi cannot support the GNU style hashes. #233233