diff --git a/srcpkgs/qrintf/template b/srcpkgs/qrintf/template
index ce16430475..5b9ef2c46f 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/qrintf/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/qrintf/template
@@ -12,9 +12,6 @@ homepage="https://github.com/h2o/qrintf"
 distfiles="https://github.com/h2o/qrintf/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=b63950395ebb2fbf32d0047b4155f92b88b57d557ca3225dafc40216d3f90899
 
-do_build() {
-	make CC=$CC
-}
 do_install() {
 	make PREFIX=${DESTDIR}/usr install
 	sed -n '3,21 p' bin/qrintf > LICENSE