diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/gcc-wrapper/setup-hook.sh b/pkgs/build-support/gcc-wrapper/setup-hook.sh
index fc10e8fb2c3..f0034fee1be 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/gcc-wrapper/setup-hook.sh
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/gcc-wrapper/setup-hook.sh
@@ -34,5 +34,5 @@ if [ -n "@coreutils@" ]; then
     addToSearchPath PATH @coreutils@/bin
 fi
 
-export CC=gcc
-export CXX=g++
+export CC=cc
+export CXX=c++