diff --git a/arch/x86/purgatory/Makefile b/arch/x86/purgatory/Makefile
index fb4ee5444379..9733d1cc791d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/purgatory/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/purgatory/Makefile
@@ -17,7 +17,10 @@ CFLAGS_sha256.o := -D__DISABLE_EXPORTS
 LDFLAGS_purgatory.ro := -e purgatory_start -r --no-undefined -nostdlib -z nodefaultlib
 targets += purgatory.ro
 
+# Sanitizer, etc. runtimes are unavailable and cannot be linked here.
+GCOV_PROFILE	:= n
 KASAN_SANITIZE	:= n
+UBSAN_SANITIZE	:= n
 KCOV_INSTRUMENT := n
 
 # These are adjustments to the compiler flags used for objects that
@@ -25,7 +28,7 @@ KCOV_INSTRUMENT := n
 
 PURGATORY_CFLAGS_REMOVE := -mcmodel=kernel
 PURGATORY_CFLAGS := -mcmodel=large -ffreestanding -fno-zero-initialized-in-bss
-PURGATORY_CFLAGS += $(DISABLE_STACKLEAK_PLUGIN)
+PURGATORY_CFLAGS += $(DISABLE_STACKLEAK_PLUGIN) -DDISABLE_BRANCH_PROFILING
 
 # Default KBUILD_CFLAGS can have -pg option set when FTRACE is enabled. That
 # in turn leaves some undefined symbols like __fentry__ in purgatory and not