diff --git a/local/recipes/libs/icu/recipe.toml b/local/recipes/libs/icu/recipe.toml
index 06149f0f88..c381152e3f 100644
--- a/local/recipes/libs/icu/recipe.toml
+++ b/local/recipes/libs/icu/recipe.toml
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ ln -sf mh-linux "${ICU_SRC}/config/mh-unknown"
     --with-data-packaging=static \
     CFLAGS="-DU_HAVE_CHAR16_T=0 -Wno-deprecated-declarations -fPIC" \
     CXXFLAGS="-DU_HAVE_CHAR16_T=0 -Wno-deprecated-declarations -fPIC" \
+    ac_cv_namespace_ok=yes \
     icu_cv_host_frag=mh-linux
 
 make -j"${COOKBOOK_MAKE_JOBS}"
diff --git a/local/scripts/build-redbear.sh b/local/scripts/build-redbear.sh
index 6a5a0d8c23..968ee0b20c 100755
--- a/local/scripts/build-redbear.sh
+++ b/local/scripts/build-redbear.sh
@@ -116,8 +116,8 @@ echo ""
 cd "$PROJECT_ROOT"
 
 if [ -x "$PROJECT_ROOT/local/scripts/verify-overlay-integrity.sh" ] && [ -z "${REDBEAR_RELEASE:-}" ]; then
-    echo ">>> Verifying overlay integrity (auto-repair)..."
-    "$PROJECT_ROOT/local/scripts/verify-overlay-integrity.sh" --repair || true
+    echo ">>> Skipping overlay repair (causes recipe symlink corruption)"
+    # "$PROJECT_ROOT/local/scripts/verify-overlay-integrity.sh" --repair || true
     echo ""
 fi
 
@@ -252,4 +252,4 @@ echo "ISO: build/$ARCH/$CONFIG.iso"
 echo ""
 echo "To run in QEMU:"
 echo "  make qemu QEMUFLAGS=\"-m 4G\""
-ls -lh "$ROOT/build/$ARCH/$CONFIG.iso" 2>/dev/null
+ls -lh "$PROJECT_ROOT/build/$ARCH/$CONFIG.iso" 2>/dev/null