diff --git a/release/scripts/make-pkg-package.sh b/release/scripts/make-pkg-package.sh
--- a/release/scripts/make-pkg-package.sh
+++ b/release/scripts/make-pkg-package.sh
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@
 unset PKG_VERSION
 unset MAKEFLAGS
 unset PKGBASE
+# Ports interprets CROSS_TOOLCHAIN differently from src, and having this set
+# breaks the package-pkg build.  For now, forcibly unset this and hope ports
+# can find a working compiler.
+unset CROSS_TOOLCHAIN
 export WRKDIRPREFIX=/tmp/ports.${TARGET}
 export DISTDIR=/tmp/distfiles
 export WRKDIR=$(make -C ${PORTSDIR}/ports-mgmt/pkg I_DONT_CARE_IF_MY_BUILDS_TARGET_THE_WRONG_RELEASE=YES -V WRKDIR)