diff --git a/tools/build/make.py b/tools/build/make.py
--- a/tools/build/make.py
+++ b/tools/build/make.py
@@ -182,13 +182,6 @@
                 sys.exit("TARGET= and TARGET_ARCH= must be set explicitly "
                          "when building on non-FreeBSD")
         # infer values for CC/CXX/CPP
-
-        if sys.platform.startswith(
-                "linux") and parsed_args.host_compiler_type == "cc":
-            # FIXME: bsd.compiler.mk doesn't handle the output of GCC if it
-            #  is /usr/bin/cc on Ubuntu since it doesn't contain the GCC string.
-            parsed_args.host_compiler_type = "gcc"
-
         if parsed_args.host_compiler_type == "gcc":
             default_cc, default_cxx, default_cpp = ("gcc", "g++", "cpp")
         # FIXME: this should take values like `clang-9` and then look for