diff --git a/app-arch/cabextract/cabextract-1.11.ebuild b/app-arch/cabextract/cabextract-1.11.ebuild
index f781320280ec6..4d8fd90b35a75 100644
--- a/app-arch/cabextract/cabextract-1.11.ebuild
+++ b/app-arch/cabextract/cabextract-1.11.ebuild
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ src_prepare() {
 
 	default
 
+	# 956793, use getopt from glibc / musl instead
+	rm getopt.h || die
+
 	[[ ${PV} == "9999" ]] && eautoreconf
 }
 
diff --git a/app-arch/cabextract/cabextract-9999.ebuild b/app-arch/cabextract/cabextract-9999.ebuild
index 31c4bfad22f5e..f68fed728a5f8 100644
--- a/app-arch/cabextract/cabextract-9999.ebuild
+++ b/app-arch/cabextract/cabextract-9999.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2023 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ src_prepare() {
 
 	default
 
+	# 956793, use getopt from glibc / musl instead
+	rm getopt.h || die
+
 	[[ ${PV} == "9999" ]] && eautoreconf
 }