diff --git a/sci-libs/miopen/miopen-6.1.1.ebuild b/sci-libs/miopen/miopen-6.1.1.ebuild
index 7cf62bdcb7904..f272f435ece8e 100644
--- a/sci-libs/miopen/miopen-6.1.1.ebuild
+++ b/sci-libs/miopen/miopen-6.1.1.ebuild
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ src_prepare() {
 }
 
 src_configure() {
+	rocm_use_hipcc
+
 	if ! use debug; then
 		append-cflags "-DNDEBUG"
 		append-cxxflags "-DNDEBUG"
@@ -91,7 +93,7 @@ src_configure() {
 		check_amdgpu
 	fi
 
-	CXX=hipcc cmake_src_configure
+	cmake_src_configure
 }
 
 src_test() {