diff --git a/nc_sanitizer.cmake b/nc_sanitizer.cmake
index d33b8fc..d55d628 100644
--- a/nc_sanitizer.cmake
+++ b/nc_sanitizer.cmake
@@ -7,8 +7,13 @@ if (SANITIZER)
 
     append_compile_flag("--param max-gcse-memory=167772160")
 
-    append_compile_flag("-fsanitize=pointer-compare")
+    # Don't enable pointer-compare as https://github.com/google/sanitizers/issues/1324
+    # states it isn't production-ready and it results in some link errors under (at least) gcc-11.3
+    #   eg, undefined reference to 'std::__cxx11::basic_stringbuf<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >::_M_high_mark()
+    # See also: https://github.com/cms-sw/cmssw/issues/36480
+    #
+    #append_compile_flag("-fsanitize=pointer-compare")
     append_compile_flag("-fsanitize=pointer-subtract")
 
     add_definitions("-D_GLIBCXX_SANITIZE_VECTOR")
-endif()
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+endif()