diff --git a/devel/R-cran-data.table/Makefile b/devel/R-cran-data.table/Makefile
index 442dc82f525c..c6cd4b82e931 100644
--- a/devel/R-cran-data.table/Makefile
+++ b/devel/R-cran-data.table/Makefile
@@ -1,29 +1,25 @@
 PORTNAME=	data.table
 DISTVERSION=	1.14.10
 CATEGORIES=	devel
 DISTNAME=	${PORTNAME}_${DISTVERSION}
 
 MAINTAINER=	eduardo@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Extension of Data.frame
 WWW=		https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/data.table/
 
 LICENSE=	MPL20
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 USES=		cran:auto-plist,compiles pkgconfig
 
 NO_ARCH_IGNORE=	data_table.so
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=		OPENMP
 OPTIONS_DEFAULT=	OPENMP
 
 OPENMP_CONFIGURE_ENABLE=	openmp
 
-.if defined(PPC_ABI) && ${PPC_ABI} == ELFv1
-USE_GCC=	yes
-.endif
-
 post-install:
 	${STRIP_CMD} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/lib/R/library/data.table/libs/data_table.so
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>