diff --git a/gas/config/h8300.mt b/gas/config/h8300.mt
index 40b60cb741..e2ce39f6c5 100644
--- a/gas/config/h8300.mt
+++ b/gas/config/h8300.mt
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
 TARG_CPU_DEPENDENTS=$(srcdir)/../include/opcode/h8300.h
 LOCAL_LOADLIBES=../bfd/libbfd.a
 TDEFINES=-DBFD_HEADERS -DMANY_SEGMENTS -DBFD
-
-CC=gcc