Unable to compile for pine64-pine* target on Ubuntu 20.04

[thebitstick]

Receiving this error when running make -j8 pine64-pinephone.img and make -j8 pine64-pinebookpro.img:

Static linking against glibc, can't use --gc-sections
Trying libraries: crypt m resolv rt
 Library crypt is not needed, excluding it
 Library m is needed, can't exclude it (yet)
 Library resolv is needed, can't exclude it (yet)
 Library rt is not needed, excluding it
 Library m is needed, can't exclude it (yet)
 Library resolv is needed, can't exclude it (yet)
Final link with: m resolv
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/me/Jumpdrive/src/busybox'
rm splash/pine64-pinephone-error.ppm.gz splash/pine64-pinephone.ppm.gz

busybox source: https://git.busybox.net/busybox
kernel version: 5.8.0-44-generic aarch64
distro: Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS