diff --git a/engine/wscript b/engine/wscript
index 6f009913ef..4cebf75293 100644
--- a/engine/wscript
+++ b/engine/wscript
@@ -189,7 +189,8 @@ def build(bld):
 		# HACK: link in the entirety of libstdc++ so that dynamic libs could use all of it without manual exporting
 		# we can't do this right away because std::filesystem will complain about not having pathconf(),
 		# which we have defined in sys_nswitch.c
-		bld.env.LDFLAGS += ['-Wl,--whole-archive', '-lstdc++', '-Wl,--no-whole-archive', '-lm']
+		# HACKHACK: disable implicit linking with libstdc++ to make the hack above work when linking as C++ program
+		bld.env.LDFLAGS += ['-nostdlib++', '-Wl,--whole-archive', '-lstdc++', '-Wl,--no-whole-archive', '-lm']
 
 	if bld.env.DEST_OS == 'psvita':
 		libs += [ 'VRTLD' ]