diff --git a/conf/makepkg-i686.conf b/conf/makepkg-i686.conf
index 5953e1e..76809f2 100644
--- a/conf/makepkg-i686.conf
+++ b/conf/makepkg-i686.conf
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ DLAGENTS=('ftp::/usr/bin/curl -fC - --ftp-pasv --retry 3 --retry-delay 3 -o %o %
 # /usr/bin/lftpget -c
 # /usr/bin/wget
 
-#-- The the package required by makepkg to download VCS sources
+#-- The package required by makepkg to download VCS sources
 # Format: 'protocol::package'
 VCSCLIENTS=('bzr::bzr'
 	    'git::git'
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
 # -march (or -mcpu) builds exclusively for an architecture
 # -mtune optimizes for an architecture, but builds for whole processor family
 CPPFLAGS="-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2"
-CFLAGS="-march=i686 -mtune=generic -O2 -pipe -fstack-protector-strong --param=ssp-buffer-size=4"
-CXXFLAGS="-march=i686 -mtune=generic -O2 -pipe -fstack-protector-strong --param=ssp-buffer-size=4"
+CFLAGS="-march=i686 -mtune=generic -O2 -pipe -fstack-protector-strong -fstack-check"
+CXXFLAGS="-march=i686 -mtune=generic -O2 -pipe -fstack-protector-strong -fstack-check"
 LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1,--sort-common,--as-needed,-z,relro"
 #-- Make Flags: change this for DistCC/SMP systems
 #MAKEFLAGS="-j2"
diff --git a/conf/makepkg-x86_64.conf b/conf/makepkg-x86_64.conf
index fcc9bef..3750d33 100644
--- a/conf/makepkg-x86_64.conf
+++ b/conf/makepkg-x86_64.conf
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ CHOST="x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu"
 # -march (or -mcpu) builds exclusively for an architecture
 # -mtune optimizes for an architecture, but builds for whole processor family
 CPPFLAGS="-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2"
-CFLAGS="-march=x86-64 -mtune=generic -O2 -pipe -fstack-protector-strong --param=ssp-buffer-size=4"
-CXXFLAGS="-march=x86-64 -mtune=generic -O2 -pipe -fstack-protector-strong --param=ssp-buffer-size=4"
+CFLAGS="-march=x86-64 -mtune=generic -O2 -pipe -fstack-protector-strong -fstack-check"
+CXXFLAGS="-march=x86-64 -mtune=generic -O2 -pipe -fstack-protector-strong -fstack-check"
 LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1,--sort-common,--as-needed,-z,relro"
 #-- Make Flags: change this for DistCC/SMP systems
 #MAKEFLAGS="-j2"