diff --git a/infra/base-images/base-builder/compile_centipede b/infra/base-images/base-builder/compile_centipede
index 7e60b2b2017c..e111ec347771 100755
--- a/infra/base-images/base-builder/compile_centipede
+++ b/infra/base-images/base-builder/compile_centipede
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ cp "$BIN_DIR/libcentipede_runner.pic.a" "$LIB_FUZZING_ENGINE"
 
 export DFTRACING_FLAGS='-fsanitize-coverage=trace-loads'
 export CENTIPEDE_FLAGS=`cat "$SRC/centipede/clang-flags.txt" | tr '\n' ' '`
-export LIBRARIES_FLAGS="-lc++ -Wno-unused-command-line-argument"
+export LIBRARIES_FLAGS="-Wno-unused-command-line-argument"
 
 export CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $DFTRACING_FLAGS $CENTIPEDE_FLAGS $LIBRARIES_FLAGS"
 export CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS $DFTRACING_FLAGS $CENTIPEDE_FLAGS $LIBRARIES_FLAGS"
diff --git a/infra/base-images/base-builder/precompile_centipede b/infra/base-images/base-builder/precompile_centipede
index 3cc92bd76b7e..8b72079d3c70 100755
--- a/infra/base-images/base-builder/precompile_centipede
+++ b/infra/base-images/base-builder/precompile_centipede
@@ -30,14 +30,14 @@ bazel --bazelrc=/tmp/centipede.bazelrc build -c opt :all
 # data-flow tracing flags, but will still throw errors when they cannot find
 # the corresponding functions.
 # The weak symbols provides fake implementations for intermediate binaries.
-$CXX "$SRC/centipede/weak_sancov_stubs.cc" -c -o "$SRC/centipede/weak.o"
+$CC "$SRC/centipede/weak_sancov_stubs.cc" -c -o "$SRC/centipede/weak.o"
 
 # Centipede's ld, which always appends weak.o as a parameter.
 export CENTIPEDE_BIN="$SRC/centipede/bin"
 mkdir -p $CENTIPEDE_BIN
 cat << EOF > ${CENTIPEDE_BIN}/ld
 #!/bin/bash
-/usr/bin/ld \$@ -ldl -lrt -lpthread -lc++ /src/centipede/weak.o
+/usr/bin/ld \$@ -ldl -lrt -lpthread /src/centipede/weak.o
 EOF
 chmod 777 ${CENTIPEDE_BIN}/ld