diff --git a/extra/tzdata/build b/extra/tzdata/build
index 369842d0..e9d7d7c5 100755
--- a/extra/tzdata/build
+++ b/extra/tzdata/build
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 pkg_dir=$1
 
-make CC="${CC:-gcc}"
+make CC="${CC:-cc}"
 make DESTDIR="$1" install
 
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