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 97beda8043b62..5892612d80f89 100644
--- a/x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers/nvidia-drivers-570.153.02.ebuild
+++ b/x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers/nvidia-drivers-570.153.02.ebuild
@@ -214,7 +214,6 @@ src_compile() {
 
 		local modlist=( nvidia{,-drm,-modeset,-peermem,-uvm}=${modlistargs} )
 		local modargs=(
-			CC="${KERNEL_CC}" # needed for above gnu17 workaround
 			IGNORE_CC_MISMATCH=yes NV_VERBOSE=1
 			SYSOUT="${KV_OUT_DIR}" SYSSRC="${KV_DIR}"
 
diff --git a/x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers/nvidia-drivers-575.57.08.ebuild b/x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers/nvidia-drivers-575.57.08.ebuild
index 48c7423ade298..0001c8e35e450 100644
--- a/x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers/nvidia-drivers-575.57.08.ebuild
+++ b/x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers/nvidia-drivers-575.57.08.ebuild
@@ -218,7 +218,6 @@ src_compile() {
 
 		local modlist=( nvidia{,-drm,-modeset,-peermem,-uvm}=${modlistargs} )
 		local modargs=(
-			CC="${KERNEL_CC}" # needed for above gnu17 workaround
 			IGNORE_CC_MISMATCH=yes NV_VERBOSE=1
 			SYSOUT="${KV_OUT_DIR}" SYSSRC="${KV_DIR}"