diff --git a/dev-libs/uthash/uthash-2.3.0.ebuild b/dev-libs/uthash/uthash-2.3.0.ebuild
index 7e3b5953a15ad..6a3882e3aa852 100644
--- a/dev-libs/uthash/uthash-2.3.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-libs/uthash/uthash-2.3.0.ebuild
@@ -21,9 +21,12 @@ PATCHES=(
 	"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-2.1.0-cflags.patch
 )
 
+src_configure() {
+	tc-export CC
+}
+
 src_test() {
-	cd tests || die
-	emake CC="$(tc-getCC)"
+	emake -C tests
 }
 
 src_install() {