diff --git a/examples/nanobind-project/cross-compile-linux.sh b/examples/nanobind-project/cross-compile-linux.sh
index db3c4dc..8e7aa82 100755
--- a/examples/nanobind-project/cross-compile-linux.sh
+++ b/examples/nanobind-project/cross-compile-linux.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #
 # These toolchains include CMake toolchain files and configuration files for
 # py-build-cmake ({triple}.{python_version}.py-build-cmake cross.toml). When
-# these configuration files are passed using the --cross argument, it will
+# these configuration files are passed using the -C cross flag, it will
 # cause py-build-cmake to cross-compile the package for the given architecture
 # and Python version (which may be different from the architecture and version
 # of the Python interpreter that is used to drive the build process).
@@ -23,13 +23,14 @@
 
 cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")"
 
+# Select the architectures and Python versions to build for.
 triples=(x86_64-bionic-linux-gnu armv6-rpi-linux-gnueabihf armv7-neon-linux-gnueabihf aarch64-rpi3-linux-gnu)
 python_versions=("python3.8" "python3.9" "python3.10" "python3.11" "python3.12" "python3.13")
 pypy_triples=(x86_64-bionic-linux-gnu aarch64-rpi3-linux-gnu)
 pypy_versions=("pypy3.8-v7.3" "pypy3.9-v7.3" "pypy3.10-v7.3")
-toolchain_folder="$PWD/../../toolchains"
-build_python="$(which python3)"
 
+# Ensure that the necessary toolchains are available.
+toolchain_folder="$PWD/../../toolchains"
 if [ ! -d "$toolchain_folder/x-tools" ]; then
     echo "Cross-compilation toolchains not found."
     echo "Please run \"$(realpath "$PWD/../../scripts/download-cross-toolchains-linux.sh")\" first."
@@ -38,29 +39,27 @@ fi
 
 set -ex
 
-"$build_python" -m pip install --quiet --no-warn-script-location -U pip build
+# Install PyPA build
+python3 -m pip install --quiet --no-warn-script-location -U pip build
+
+# Link the C++ standard library statically to support systems that have an
+# older version installed. Same for the GCC runtime library (libgcc).
+export LDFLAGS="-static-libgcc -static-libstdc++"
 
+# Cross-compile the package for CPython.
 for triple in ${triples[@]}; do
-    config="$triple.py-build-cmake.config.toml"
-	cat <<- EOF > "$config"
-	[cmake]
-	generator = "Ninja"
-	[cmake.options]
-	CMAKE_MODULE_LINKER_FLAGS = "-static-libgcc -static-libstdc++"
-	EOF
-    for py_version in ${python_versions[@]}; do
+    for python_version in ${python_versions[@]}; do
         rm -rf .py-build-cmake_cache
-        "$build_python" -m build . -w \
-            -C--cross="$toolchain_folder/x-tools/$triple.$py_version.py-build-cmake.cross.toml" \
-            -C--local="$PWD/$config"
+        python3 -m build . -w \
+            -C cross="$toolchain_folder/x-tools/$triple.$python_version.py-build-cmake.cross.toml"
     done
 done
 
+# Cross-compile the package for PyPy.
 for triple in ${pypy_triples[@]}; do
-    for py_version in ${pypy_versions[@]}; do
+    for python_version in ${pypy_versions[@]}; do
         rm -rf .py-build-cmake_cache
-        "$build_python" -m build . -w \
-            -C--cross="$toolchain_folder/x-tools/$triple.$py_version.py-build-cmake.cross.toml" \
-            -C--local="$PWD/$config"
+        python3 -m build . -w \
+            -C cross="$toolchain_folder/x-tools/$triple.$python_version.py-build-cmake.cross.toml"
     done
 done
diff --git a/examples/pybind11-project/cross-compile-linux.sh b/examples/pybind11-project/cross-compile-linux.sh
index 0d59871..118e845 100755
--- a/examples/pybind11-project/cross-compile-linux.sh
+++ b/examples/pybind11-project/cross-compile-linux.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #
 # These toolchains include CMake toolchain files and configuration files for
 # py-build-cmake ({triple}.{python_version}.py-build-cmake cross.toml). When
-# these configuration files are passed using the --cross argument, it will
+# these configuration files are passed using the -C cross flag, it will
 # cause py-build-cmake to cross-compile the package for the given architecture
 # and Python version (which may be different from the architecture and version
 # of the Python interpreter that is used to drive the build process).
@@ -23,13 +23,14 @@
 
 cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")"
 
+# Select the architectures and Python versions to build for.
 triples=(x86_64-bionic-linux-gnu armv6-rpi-linux-gnueabihf armv7-neon-linux-gnueabihf aarch64-rpi3-linux-gnu)
 python_versions=("python3.7" "python3.8" "python3.9" "python3.10" "python3.11" "python3.12" "python3.13")
 pypy_triples=(x86_64-bionic-linux-gnu aarch64-rpi3-linux-gnu)
 pypy_versions=("pypy3.7-v7.3" "pypy3.8-v7.3" "pypy3.9-v7.3" "pypy3.10-v7.3")
-toolchain_folder="$PWD/../../toolchains"
-build_python="$(which python3)"
 
+# Ensure that the necessary toolchains are available.
+toolchain_folder="$PWD/../../toolchains"
 if [ ! -d "$toolchain_folder/x-tools" ]; then
     echo "Cross-compilation toolchains not found."
     echo "Please run \"$(realpath "$PWD/../../scripts/download-cross-toolchains-linux.sh")\" first."
@@ -38,29 +39,27 @@ fi
 
 set -ex
 
-"$build_python" -m pip install --quiet --no-warn-script-location -U pip build
+# Install PyPA build
+python3 -m pip install --quiet --no-warn-script-location -U pip build
+
+# Link the C++ standard library statically to support systems that have an
+# older version installed. Same for the GCC runtime library (libgcc).
+export LDFLAGS="-static-libgcc -static-libstdc++"
 
+# Cross-compile the package for CPython.
 for triple in ${triples[@]}; do
-    config="$triple.py-build-cmake.config.toml"
-	cat <<- EOF > "$config"
-	[cmake]
-	generator = "Ninja"
-	[cmake.options]
-	CMAKE_MODULE_LINKER_FLAGS = "-static-libgcc -static-libstdc++"
-	EOF
-    for py_version in ${python_versions[@]}; do
+    for python_version in ${python_versions[@]}; do
         rm -rf .py-build-cmake_cache
-        "$build_python" -m build . -w \
-            -C--cross="$toolchain_folder/x-tools/$triple.$py_version.py-build-cmake.cross.toml" \
-            -C--local="$PWD/$config"
+        python3 -m build . -w \
+            -C cross="$toolchain_folder/x-tools/$triple.$python_version.py-build-cmake.cross.toml"
     done
 done
 
+# Cross-compile the package for PyPy.
 for triple in ${pypy_triples[@]}; do
-    for py_version in ${pypy_versions[@]}; do
+    for python_version in ${pypy_versions[@]}; do
         rm -rf .py-build-cmake_cache
-        "$build_python" -m build . -w \
-            -C--cross="$toolchain_folder/x-tools/$triple.$py_version.py-build-cmake.cross.toml" \
-            -C--local="$PWD/$config"
+        python3 -m build . -w \
+            -C cross="$toolchain_folder/x-tools/$triple.$python_version.py-build-cmake.cross.toml"
     done
 done
diff --git a/scripts/download-cross-toolchains-linux.sh b/scripts/download-cross-toolchains-linux.sh
index 8bf5052..248aacc 100755
--- a/scripts/download-cross-toolchains-linux.sh
+++ b/scripts/download-cross-toolchains-linux.sh
@@ -8,19 +8,20 @@
 cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )"/..
 
 triples=(x86_64-bionic-linux-gnu armv6-rpi-linux-gnueabihf armv7-neon-linux-gnueabihf aarch64-rpi3-linux-gnu)
+gcc_version="14"
 toolchain_version="0.1.0"
 python_dev_version="0.0.2"
 toolchain_folder="$PWD/toolchains"
 
 set -ex
 
-mkdir -p "$toolchain_folder"
+mkdir -p "$toolchain_folder/x-tools"
 for triple in ${triples[@]}; do
-    wget "https://github.com/tttapa/toolchains/releases/download/$toolchain_version/x-tools-$triple-gcc14.tar.xz" -O- | tar xJ -C "$toolchain_folder"
+    chmod u+w "$toolchain_folder/x-tools"
+    wget "https://github.com/tttapa/toolchains/releases/download/$toolchain_version/x-tools-$triple-gcc$gcc_version.tar.xz" -O- | tar xJ -C "$toolchain_folder"
     chmod u+w "$toolchain_folder/x-tools/$triple"
     wget "https://github.com/tttapa/python-dev/releases/download/$python_dev_version/python-dev-$triple.tar.xz" -O- | tar xJ -C "$toolchain_folder"
-    chmod u+w "$toolchain_folder/x-tools"
 done
 
 # To delete the toolchains again, use
-# chmod -R u+w toolchains && rm -rf toolchains
+#   chmod -R u+w toolchains && rm -rf toolchains