diff --git a/packages/sysutils/irserver/package.mk b/packages/sysutils/irserver/package.mk
index d89ace661d..f321c1c6c8 100644
--- a/packages/sysutils/irserver/package.mk
+++ b/packages/sysutils/irserver/package.mk
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ elif [ "$TARGET_ARCH" = "arm" ]; then
 fi
 
 make_target() {
-  make CC=$TARGET_CC CFLAGS="$CFLAGS" LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS" $IRSERVER_BIN
+  make CC=$CC CFLAGS="$CFLAGS" LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS" $IRSERVER_BIN
   $STRIP $IRSERVER_BIN
 }