diff --git a/recipes/mesa/recipe.toml b/recipes/mesa/recipe.toml
index 9762ccf1e..7b09baf4a 100644
--- a/recipes/mesa/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/mesa/recipe.toml
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ dependencies = [
     "zlib",
 ]
 script = """
+#TODO: do this in cook instead
+unset AR AS CC CXX LD NM OBJCOPY OBJDUMP RANLIB READELF STRIP
+
 export CFLAGS="-I${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}/include -DHAVE_PTHREAD=1"
 export CPPFLAGS="-I${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}/include -DHAVE_PTHREAD=1"
 export LDFLAGS="-L${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}/lib --static"