diff --git a/src/arch/x86/Makefile.inc b/src/arch/x86/Makefile.inc
index e9c00deac3..65c2a92247 100755
--- a/src/arch/x86/Makefile.inc
+++ b/src/arch/x86/Makefile.inc
@@ -247,7 +247,8 @@ $(obj)/mainboard/$(MAINBOARDDIR)/romstage.pre.inc: $(src)/mainboard/$(MAINBOARDD
 
 $(obj)/mainboard/$(MAINBOARDDIR)/romstage.inc: $(obj)/mainboard/$(MAINBOARDDIR)/romstage.pre.inc
 	@printf "    POST       romstage.inc\n"
-	sed -e 's/\.rodata/.rom.data/g' -e 's/\.text/.section .rom.text/g' $^ > $@.tmp
+	sed -e 's/\.rodata/.rom.data/g' -e 's/\^\.text/.section .rom.text/g' \
+		-e 's/\^\.section \.text/.section .rom.text/g' $^ > $@.tmp
 	mv $@.tmp $@
 endif
 
diff --git a/util/xcompile/xcompile b/util/xcompile/xcompile
index fd4dbeb278..b68e1b3a79 100644
--- a/util/xcompile/xcompile
+++ b/util/xcompile/xcompile
@@ -79,6 +79,10 @@ CC="${GCCPREFIX}gcc"
 testcc "$CC" "$CFLAGS-Wa,--divide " && CFLAGS="$CFLAGS-Wa,--divide "
 testcc "$CC" "$CFLAGS-fno-stack-protector " && CFLAGS="$CFLAGS-fno-stack-protector "
 testcc "$CC" "$CFLAGS-Wl,--build-id=none " && CFLAGS="$CFLAGS-Wl,--build-id=none "
+# GCC 4.6 is much more picky about unused variables. Turn off it's warnings for
+# now:
+testcc "$CC" "$CFLAGS-Wno-unused-but-set-variable " && \
+	       CFLAGS="$CFLAGS-Wno-unused-but-set-variable "
 
 if which gcc 2>/dev/null >/dev/null; then
 	HOSTCC=gcc