diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/extend/ENV/std.rb b/Library/Homebrew/extend/ENV/std.rb
index 71e89a6664..c8beee949a 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/extend/ENV/std.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/extend/ENV/std.rb
@@ -359,4 +359,7 @@ module Stdenv
       Hardware::CPU.cores
     end
   end
+
+  # This method does nothing in stdenv since there's no arg refurbishment
+  def refurbish_args; end
 end
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/extend/ENV/super.rb b/Library/Homebrew/extend/ENV/super.rb
index c9ffb2c729..5ecd46012a 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/extend/ENV/super.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/extend/ENV/super.rb
@@ -295,6 +295,10 @@ module Superenv
     end
   end
 
+  def refurbish_args
+    append 'HOMEBREW_CCCFG', "O", ''
+  end
+
   # m32 on superenv does not add any CC flags. It prevents "-m32" from being erased.
   def m32
     append 'HOMEBREW_CCCFG', "3", ''