diff --git a/packages/sysutils/libatasmart/build b/packages/sysutils/libatasmart/build
index 8d369b1c7d..de8a57df5d 100755
--- a/packages/sysutils/libatasmart/build
+++ b/packages/sysutils/libatasmart/build
@@ -22,9 +22,10 @@
 
 . config/options $1
 
-export CC_FOR_BUILD="$HOST_CC"
-export BUILD_CFLAGS="$HOST_CFLAGS"
-export BUILD_LDFLAGS="$HOST_LDFLAGS"
+# comment out, seems to be broken in 0.19 - todo:
+# export CC_FOR_BUILD="$HOST_CC"
+# export BUILD_CFLAGS="$HOST_CFLAGS"
+# export BUILD_LDFLAGS="$HOST_LDFLAGS"
 
 cd $PKG_BUILD
 ./configure --host=$TARGET_NAME \
@@ -36,5 +37,8 @@ cd $PKG_BUILD
             --disable-static \
             --enable-shared \
 
+# building hosttools seems to be broken in 0.19 - todo:
+  make CFLAGS="$HOST_CFLAGS" LDFLAGS="$HOST_LDFLAGS" CC="$HOST_CC" -C strpool
+
 make
 $MAKEINSTALL