diff --git a/packages/emulation/libretro-beetle-pcfx/package.mk b/packages/emulation/libretro-beetle-pcfx/package.mk
index c12af2bc77..e1833ecef2 100644
--- a/packages/emulation/libretro-beetle-pcfx/package.mk
+++ b/packages/emulation/libretro-beetle-pcfx/package.mk
@@ -39,22 +39,22 @@ PKG_LIBVAR="BEETLE-PCFX_LIB"
 make_target() {
   case $PROJECT in
     RPi)
-      make platform=armv6-hardfloat
+      make CC=$CC CXX=$CXX platform=armv6-hardfloat
       ;;
     RPi2)
-      make platform=armv7-neon-hardfloat
+      make CC=$CC CXX=$CXX platform=armv7-neon-hardfloat
       ;;
     imx6)
-      make platform=armv7-cortexa9-neon-hardfloat
+      make CC=$CC CXX=$CXX platform=armv7-cortexa9-neon-hardfloat
       ;;
     WeTek_Play|WeTek_Core)
-      make platform=armv7-cortexa9-neon-hardfloat
+      make CC=$CC CXX=$CXX platform=armv7-cortexa9-neon-hardfloat
       ;;
     Odroid_C2|WeTek_Hub|WeTek_Play_2)
-      make platform=aarch64
+      make CC=$CC CXX=$CXX platform=aarch64
       ;;
     Generic)
-      make
+      make CC=$CC CXX=$CXX
       ;;
   esac
 }
diff --git a/packages/emulation/libretro-beetle-pcfx/patches/libretro-beetle-pcfx-0001-fix-cross-compile.patch b/packages/emulation/libretro-beetle-pcfx/patches/libretro-beetle-pcfx-0001-fix-cross-compile.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index e7fc1b3f39..0000000000
--- a/packages/emulation/libretro-beetle-pcfx/patches/libretro-beetle-pcfx-0001-fix-cross-compile.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-commit 76f4bf49e19a856f62d0ba2bd1061ab63b45f0e4
-Author: Lukas Rusak <lorusak@gmail.com>
-Date:   Sun Feb 5 17:46:16 2017 -0800
-
-    don't hard code cc and cxx
-
-diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
-index 142113a..86a9fac 100644
---- a/Makefile
-+++ b/Makefile
-@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ else ifneq (,$(findstring armv,$(platform)))
-    TARGET := $(TARGET_NAME)_libretro.so
-    fpic := -fPIC
-    SHARED := -shared -Wl,--no-undefined -Wl,--version-script=link.T
--   CC = gcc
-+   CC ?= gcc
-    LDFLAGS += $(PTHREAD_FLAGS)
-    FLAGS += $(PTHREAD_FLAGS) -DHAVE_MKDIR
-    IS_X86 = 0
-@@ -228,8 +228,8 @@ else ifeq ($(platform), emscripten)
- 
- else
-    TARGET := $(TARGET_NAME)_libretro.dll
--   CC = gcc
--   CXX = g++
-+   CC ?= gcc
-+   CXX ?= g++
-    IS_X86 = 1
-    SHARED := -shared -Wl,--no-undefined -Wl,--version-script=link.T
-    LDFLAGS += -static-libgcc -static-libstdc++ -lwinmm