diff --git a/cc/compiler.go b/cc/compiler.go
index c7e9c9a..cd1d92c 100644
--- a/cc/compiler.go
+++ b/cc/compiler.go
@@ -495,6 +495,10 @@
 
 	flags.Global.AsFlags = append(flags.Global.AsFlags, "-D__ASSEMBLY__")
 
+	// TODO(b/235105792): override global -fdebug-default-version=5, it is causing $TMPDIR to
+	// end up in the dwarf data for crtend_so.S.
+	flags.Global.AsFlags = append(flags.Global.AsFlags, "-fdebug-default-version=4")
+
 	flags.Global.CppFlags = append(flags.Global.CppFlags, tc.Cppflags())
 
 	flags.Global.YasmFlags = append(flags.Global.YasmFlags, tc.YasmFlags())