diff --git a/core/baseinit/build b/core/baseinit/build
index e064018c..ee8793f5 100755
--- a/core/baseinit/build
+++ b/core/baseinit/build
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ cp -R lib "$1/usr/lib"
 
 # Disable warning as CFLAGS must work this way.
 # shellcheck disable=2086
-"${CC:-gcc}" -o "$1/usr/bin/kpow" bin/kpow.c $CFLAGS -static
+"${CC:-cc}" -o "$1/usr/bin/kpow" bin/kpow.c $CFLAGS -static