diff --git a/packages/emulation/libretro-desmume/package.mk b/packages/emulation/libretro-desmume/package.mk
index 5a20ed6470..3e59cd91aa 100644
--- a/packages/emulation/libretro-desmume/package.mk
+++ b/packages/emulation/libretro-desmume/package.mk
@@ -39,19 +39,19 @@ PKG_LIBVAR="DESMUME_LIB"
 make_target() {
   case $PROJECT in
     RPi)
-      make -f Makefile.libretro platform=armv6-hardfloat-arm1176jzf-s
+      make -f Makefile.libretro CC=$CC platform=armv6-hardfloat-arm1176jzf-s
       ;;
     RPi2)
-      make -f Makefile.libretro platform=armv7-neon-hardfloat-cortex-a7
+      make -f Makefile.libretro CC=$CC platform=armv7-neon-hardfloat-cortex-a7
       ;;
     imx6)
-      make -f Makefile.libretro platform=armv7-neon-hardfloat-cortex-a9
+      make -f Makefile.libretro CC=$CC platform=armv7-neon-hardfloat-cortex-a9
       ;;
     WeTek_Play|WeTek_Core)
-      make -f Makefile.libretro platform=armv7-neon-hardfloat-cortex-a9
+      make -f Makefile.libretro CC=$CC platform=armv7-neon-hardfloat-cortex-a9
       ;;
     Generic)
-      make -f Makefile.libretro
+      make -f Makefile.libretro CC=$CC
       ;;
   esac
 }
diff --git a/packages/emulation/libretro-desmume/patches/libretro-desmume-0001_use-cross-cc.patch b/packages/emulation/libretro-desmume/patches/libretro-desmume-0001_use-cross-cc.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 627deffd7c..0000000000
--- a/packages/emulation/libretro-desmume/patches/libretro-desmume-0001_use-cross-cc.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-diff -Naur a/Makefile.libretro b/Makefile.libretro
---- a/Makefile.libretro	2016-01-07 21:04:18.000000000 +0100
-+++ b/Makefile.libretro	2016-01-07 21:46:25.556864218 +0100
-@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
-    TARGET := $(TARGET_NAME)_libretro.so
-    SHARED := -shared -Wl,--version-script=libretro/link.T
-    fpic := -fPIC
--   CC = gcc
-+   CC ?= gcc
-    DESMUME_JIT_ARM = 1
- ifneq (,$(findstring cortexa8,$(platform)))
-    CPPFLAGS += -marm -mcpu=cortex-a8