diff --git a/recipes-bsp/u-boot/u-boot-aspeed_2016.07.bb b/recipes-bsp/u-boot/u-boot-aspeed_2016.07.bb
index b3a41a2..ac1ead7 100644
--- a/recipes-bsp/u-boot/u-boot-aspeed_2016.07.bb
+++ b/recipes-bsp/u-boot/u-boot-aspeed_2016.07.bb
@@ -3,3 +3,7 @@
 
 PROVIDES += "u-boot"
 DEPENDS += "dtc-native"
+
+# FIXME this can/should be removed when we have rebased off our
+# 2016 snapshot onto a more modern (circa late 2018) u-boot tree.
+BUILD_CFLAGS_remove = "-isystem${STAGING_INCDIR_NATIVE}"