diff --git a/packages/emulation/libretro-ppsspp/package.mk b/packages/emulation/libretro-ppsspp/package.mk
index 93cf34c4a6..0a27eca3bc 100644
--- a/packages/emulation/libretro-ppsspp/package.mk
+++ b/packages/emulation/libretro-ppsspp/package.mk
@@ -50,19 +50,19 @@ pre_make_target() {
 make_target() {
   case $PROJECT in
     RPi)
-      make -C libretro platform=armv6-gles-hardfloat-arm1176jzf-s
+      make -C libretro CC=$CC CXX=$CXX platform=armv6-gles-hardfloat-arm1176jzf-s
       ;;
     RPi2)
-      make -C libretro platform=armv7-neon-gles-hardfloat-cortex-a7
+      make -C libretro CC=$CC CXX=$CXX platform=armv7-neon-gles-hardfloat-cortex-a7
       ;;
     imx6)
-      make -C libretro platform=armv7-neon-gles-hardfloat-cortex-a9
+      make -C libretro CC=$CC CXX=$CXX platform=armv7-neon-gles-hardfloat-cortex-a9
       ;;
     WeTek_Play|WeTek_Core)
-      make -C libretro platform=armv7-neon-gles-hardfloat-cortex-a9
+      make -C libretro CC=$CC CXX=$CXX platform=armv7-neon-gles-hardfloat-cortex-a9
       ;;
     Generic)
-      make -C libretro
+      make -C libretro CC=$CC CXX=$CXX
       ;;
   esac
 }
diff --git a/packages/emulation/libretro-ppsspp/patches/libretro-ppsspp-0001_fix-cross-compile.patch b/packages/emulation/libretro-ppsspp/patches/libretro-ppsspp-0001_fix-cross-compile.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index b16a9b20d8..0000000000
--- a/packages/emulation/libretro-ppsspp/patches/libretro-ppsspp-0001_fix-cross-compile.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-diff -Naur a/libretro/Makefile b/libretro/Makefile
---- a/libretro/Makefile	2016-01-19 10:11:20.000000000 +0100
-+++ b/libretro/Makefile	2016-01-19 10:27:00.009866912 +0100
-@@ -201,8 +201,8 @@
- 
- # ARM
- else ifneq (,$(findstring armv,$(platform)))
--	CC = gcc
--	CXX = g++
-+	CC ?= gcc
-+	CXX ?= g++
- 	TARGET := $(TARGET_NAME)_libretro.so
- 	fpic := -fPIC
- 	LDFLAGS += -shared -Wl,--version-script=link.T -Wl,--no-undefined