diff --git a/src/codegen.cpp b/src/codegen.cpp
index 99fffa449..a10f9b4ff 100644
--- a/src/codegen.cpp
+++ b/src/codegen.cpp
@@ -8150,6 +8150,8 @@ static void gen_c_object(CodeGen *g, Buf *self_exe_path, CFile *c_file) {
         args.append(buf_ptr(out_dep_path));
     }
 
+    args.append("-nobuiltininc");
+
     args.append("-isystem");
     args.append(buf_ptr(g->zig_c_headers_dir));
 
diff --git a/src/translate_c.cpp b/src/translate_c.cpp
index c80bc6d72..e9909a470 100644
--- a/src/translate_c.cpp
+++ b/src/translate_c.cpp
@@ -4804,6 +4804,8 @@ Error parse_h_file(ImportTableEntry *import, ZigList<ErrorMsg *> *errors, const
         }
     }
 
+    clang_argv.append("-nobuiltininc");
+
     clang_argv.append("-isystem");
     clang_argv.append(buf_ptr(codegen->zig_c_headers_dir));