diff --git a/x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers/nvidia-drivers-570.153.02.ebuild b/x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers/nvidia-drivers-570.153.02.ebuild
index 5816de6d3b45a..97beda8043b62 100644
--- a/x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers/nvidia-drivers-570.153.02.ebuild
+++ b/x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers/nvidia-drivers-570.153.02.ebuild
@@ -199,11 +199,6 @@ src_compile() {
 	if use modules; then
 		local o_cflags=${CFLAGS} o_cxxflags=${CXXFLAGS} o_ldflags=${LDFLAGS}
 
-		# conftest.sh is broken with c23 due to func() changing meaning,
-		# and then fails later due to ealier misdetections
-		# TODO: try without now and then + drop modargs' CC= (bug #944092)
-		KERNEL_CC+=" -std=gnu17"
-
 		local modlistargs=video:kernel
 		if use kernel-open; then
 			modlistargs+=-module-source:kernel-module-source/kernel-open