diff --git a/thirdparty/build-thirdparty.sh b/thirdparty/build-thirdparty.sh
index f6c90a584b021..343b2ae27bf8d 100755
--- a/thirdparty/build-thirdparty.sh
+++ b/thirdparty/build-thirdparty.sh
@@ -80,18 +80,6 @@ check_prerequest() {
     fi
 }
 
-# echo if gcc version is greater than 14.0.0
-# else echo ""
-echo_gt_gcc14() {
-    local version=$($CC --version | grep -oP '(?<=\s)\d+\.\d+\.\d+' | head -1)
-    if [[ $(echo -e "14.0.0\n$version" | sort -V | tail -1) == "14.0.0" ]]; then
-        echo ""
-    else
-        #gt gcc14
-        echo "$1"
-    fi
-}
-
 # sudo apt-get install cmake
 # sudo yum install cmake
 check_prerequest "${CMAKE_CMD} --version" "cmake"
@@ -599,7 +587,7 @@ build_rocksdb() {
 
     CFLAGS= \
     EXTRA_CFLAGS="-I ${TP_INCLUDE_DIR} -I ${TP_INCLUDE_DIR}/snappy -I ${TP_INCLUDE_DIR}/lz4 -L${TP_LIB_DIR} ${FILE_PREFIX_MAP_OPTION}" \
-    EXTRA_CXXFLAGS=$(echo_gt_gcc14 -Wno-error=redundant-move)" -fPIC -Wno-deprecated-copy -Wno-stringop-truncation -Wno-pessimizing-move -I ${TP_INCLUDE_DIR} -I ${TP_INCLUDE_DIR}/snappy ${FILE_PREFIX_MAP_OPTION}" \
+    EXTRA_CXXFLAGS="-fPIC -Wno-redundant-move -Wno-deprecated-copy -Wno-stringop-truncation -Wno-pessimizing-move -I ${TP_INCLUDE_DIR} -I ${TP_INCLUDE_DIR}/snappy ${FILE_PREFIX_MAP_OPTION}" \
     EXTRA_LDFLAGS="-static-libstdc++ -static-libgcc" \
     PORTABLE=1 make USE_RTTI=1 -j$PARALLEL static_lib
 
@@ -664,8 +652,9 @@ build_flatbuffers() {
   cd $BUILD_DIR
   rm -rf CMakeCache.txt CMakeFiles/
 
-  export CXXFLAGS="-O3 -fno-omit-frame-pointer -fPIC -g "$(echo_gt_gcc14 "-Wno-error=stringop-overread")
-  export CPPFLAGS="-O3 -fno-omit-frame-pointer -fPIC -g "$(echo_gt_gcc14 "-Wno-error=stringop-overread")
+  # reset the optimization level to O2 to avoid "stringop-overread" warnings/errors
+  export CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS -O2"
+  export CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS -O2"
 
   LDFLAGS="-static-libstdc++ -static-libgcc" \
   ${CMAKE_CMD} .. -G "${CMAKE_GENERATOR}" -DFLATBUFFERS_BUILD_TESTS=OFF