diff --git a/src/lisp/Config.x86_common b/src/lisp/Config.x86_common
index ea52b94c5c3be96f1a968d7d22bc4110462195e1..832d8d60b9ea12afcd58f2d8bfe13c4e8ef2a5d7 100644
--- a/src/lisp/Config.x86_common
+++ b/src/lisp/Config.x86_common
@@ -45,10 +45,6 @@ ifdef FEATURE_UNICODE
 CPP_DEFINE_OPTIONS += -DUNICODE
 endif
 
-# Default to using gcc.  But clang also works.
-CC = gcc
-
-
 LD = ld
 
 ifeq ($(filter 2% 3%, $(shell $(CC) -dumpversion)),)