diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/memfd/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/memfd/Makefile
index 2c87f2376e5986a501658815f7864862c4f3a02c..79891d033de162cdcc921f3de7802738fa0e0a50 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/memfd/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/memfd/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-CC = $(CROSS_COMPILE)gcc
 CFLAGS += -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64
 CFLAGS += -I../../../../include/uapi/
 CFLAGS += -I../../../../include/
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/timers/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/timers/Makefile
index 4a3bffed990198b844a6e741e47432f03d25f20e..b90e50c36f9f99a49c414fc351cf0d6f3f1ebf16 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/timers/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/timers/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-CC = $(CROSS_COMPILE)gcc
 BUILD_FLAGS = -DKTEST
 CFLAGS += -O3 -Wl,-no-as-needed -Wall $(BUILD_FLAGS)
 LDFLAGS += -lrt -lpthread