diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/palemoon/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/palemoon/default.nix
index bd841ba8110..b967777883c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/palemoon/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/palemoon/default.nix
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 , gtk2, hunspell, icu, libevent, libjpeg, libnotify
 , libstartup_notification, libvpx, makeWrapper, mesa
 , nspr, nss, pango, perl, python, libpulseaudio, sqlite
-, unzip, xlibs, which, yasm, zip, zlib, gcc
+, unzip, xlibs, which, yasm, zip, zlib
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     gst-plugins-base gstreamer gst_all_1.gst-plugins-base gtk2
     hunspell icu libevent libjpeg libnotify libstartup_notification
     libvpx makeWrapper mesa nspr nss pango perl pkgconfig python
-    libpulseaudio sqlite unzip which yasm zip zlib gcc
+    libpulseaudio sqlite unzip which yasm zip zlib
   ] ++ (with xlibs; [
     libX11 libXext libXft libXi libXrender libXScrnSaver
     libXt pixman scrnsaverproto xextproto
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 19cf31f4e80..5aefc3f1443 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -15671,10 +15671,7 @@ with pkgs;
 
   osquery = callPackage ../tools/system/osquery { };
 
-  palemoon = callPackage ../applications/networking/browsers/palemoon {
-    # https://forum.palemoon.org/viewtopic.php?f=57&t=15296#p111146
-    stdenv = overrideCC stdenv gcc49;
-  };
+  palemoon = callPackage ../applications/networking/browsers/palemoon { };
 
   pamix = callPackage ../applications/audio/pamix { };