diff --git a/plugins/amdgpu/Makefile b/plugins/amdgpu/Makefile
index 6dad00122..7d3388b80 100644
--- a/plugins/amdgpu/Makefile
+++ b/plugins/amdgpu/Makefile
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ DEPS_NOK 		:= ;
 __nmk_dir ?= ../../scripts/nmk/scripts/
 include $(__nmk_dir)msg.mk
 
-CC      		:= gcc
 PLUGIN_CFLAGS  		:= -g -Wall -Werror -D _GNU_SOURCE -shared -nostartfiles -fPIC -DCR_PLUGIN_DEFAULT="$(PLUGINDIR)"
 PLUGIN_LDFLAGS		:= -lpthread -lrt -ldrm -ldrm_amdgpu