diff --git a/ArmVirtPkg/ArmVirtQemu.dsc b/ArmVirtPkg/ArmVirtQemu.dsc
index fbd9270db5..28a4453068 100644
--- a/ArmVirtPkg/ArmVirtQemu.dsc
+++ b/ArmVirtPkg/ArmVirtQemu.dsc
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
   UefiScsiLib|MdePkg/Library/UefiScsiLib/UefiScsiLib.inf
 
 [BuildOptions]
-  GCC:*_*_AARCH64_CC_XIPFLAGS = -mno-strict-align
+  GCC:*_*_AARCH64_CC_XIPFLAGS ==
 
 !include NetworkPkg/NetworkBuildOptions.dsc.inc