diff --git a/cde/config/cf/Imake.tmpl b/cde/config/cf/Imake.tmpl
index 1874d0b11..5e51fa9b6 100644
--- a/cde/config/cf/Imake.tmpl
+++ b/cde/config/cf/Imake.tmpl
@@ -474,25 +474,13 @@ XCOMM the platform-specific parameters - edit site.def to change
 #define ArCmdBase ar
 #endif
 #ifndef ArCmd
-#if HasLargeTmp || SystemV4
-#define ArCmd ArCmdBase cq
-#else
-#define ArCmd ArCmdBase clq
-#endif
+#define ArCmd ArCmdBase -cq
 #endif
 #ifndef ArAddCmd
-#if HasLargeTmp || SystemV4
-#define ArAddCmd ArCmdBase ru
-#else
-#define ArAddCmd ArCmdBase rul
-#endif
+#define ArAddCmd ArCmdBase -ru
 #endif
 #ifndef ArExtCmd
-#if HasLargeTmp || SystemV4
-#define ArExtCmd ArCmdBase x
-#else
-#define ArExtCmd ArCmdBase xl
-#endif
+#define ArExtCmd ArCmdBase -x
 #endif
 #ifndef BootstrapCFlags
 #define BootstrapCFlags /**/
diff --git a/cde/config/util/crayar.sh b/cde/config/util/crayar.sh
index 6296de51d..56c260e50 100755
--- a/cde/config/util/crayar.sh
+++ b/cde/config/util/crayar.sh
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@ shift
 if cray2; then
         bld cr $lib `lorder $* | tsort`
 else
-        ar clq $lib $*
+        ar -cq $lib $*
 fi