diff --git a/infer/src/clang/ClangCommand.ml b/infer/src/clang/ClangCommand.ml
index d22350eac..b1ed8a051 100644
--- a/infer/src/clang/ClangCommand.ml
+++ b/infer/src/clang/ClangCommand.ml
@@ -190,7 +190,9 @@ let mk ~is_driver quoting_style ~prog ~args =
   let sanitized_args =
     filter_and_replace_unsupported_args ~blacklisted_flags:clang_blacklisted_flags
       ~blacklisted_flags_with_arg args
-    @ List.rev Config.clang_extra_flags
+  in
+  let sanitized_args =
+    if is_driver then sanitized_args @ List.rev Config.clang_extra_flags else sanitized_args
   in
   {exec= prog; orig_argv= sanitized_args; argv= sanitized_args; quoting_style; is_driver}
 
diff --git a/infer/tests/build_systems/assembly/Makefile b/infer/tests/build_systems/assembly/Makefile
index fe9da9376..222b5de0b 100644
--- a/infer/tests/build_systems/assembly/Makefile
+++ b/infer/tests/build_systems/assembly/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ TESTS_DIR = ../..
 
 ANALYZER = checkers
 CLANG_OPTIONS = -c
-INFER_OPTIONS = --report-custom-error --developer-mode --project-root ../codetoanalyze
+INFER_OPTIONS = --report-custom-error --developer-mode --project-root ../codetoanalyze --Xclang -U --Xclang __SSE2__
 INFERPRINT_OPTIONS = --issues-tests
 
 SOURCES = \