diff --git a/config.mak.uname b/config.mak.uname
index 8dd8acfaa5..a464b2009c 100644
--- a/config.mak.uname
+++ b/config.mak.uname
@@ -771,7 +771,6 @@ ifeq ($(uname_S),MINGW)
 		COMPAT_CFLAGS += -D_USE_32BIT_TIME_T
 		BASIC_LDFLAGS += -Wl,--large-address-aware
         endif
-	CC = gcc
 	COMPAT_CFLAGS += -D__USE_MINGW_ANSI_STDIO=0 -DDETECT_MSYS_TTY \
 		-fstack-protector-strong
 	EXTLIBS += -lntdll