diff --git a/core/baseinit/build b/core/baseinit/build
index 7a0767b1..570a85f6 100755
--- a/core/baseinit/build
+++ b/core/baseinit/build
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@ cp -R lib "$1/usr/lib"
 # Disable warning as CFLAGS must work this way.
 # shellcheck disable=2086
 for bin in kpow kall; do
-    "${CC:-cc}" -o "$1/usr/bin/$bin" "bin/$bin.c" $CFLAGS -static
+    "$CC" -o "$1/usr/bin/$bin" "bin/$bin.c" $CFLAGS -static
     cp -f "bin/$bin.c" "$1/usr/share/doc/kiss/init/$bin.c"
 done