diff --git a/tools/build/Makefile.feature b/tools/build/Makefile.feature
index 8a19753cc26a..e80a1a8e287f 100644
--- a/tools/build/Makefile.feature
+++ b/tools/build/Makefile.feature
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ endif
 
 feature_check = $(eval $(feature_check_code))
 define feature_check_code
-  feature-$(1) := $(shell $(MAKE) OUTPUT=$(OUTPUT_FEATURES) CFLAGS="$(EXTRA_CFLAGS) $(FEATURE_CHECK_CFLAGS-$(1))" CXXFLAGS="$(EXTRA_CXXFLAGS) $(FEATURE_CHECK_CXXFLAGS-$(1))" LDFLAGS="$(LDFLAGS) $(FEATURE_CHECK_LDFLAGS-$(1))" -C $(feature_dir) $(OUTPUT_FEATURES)test-$1.bin >/dev/null 2>/dev/null && echo 1 || echo 0)
+  feature-$(1) := $(shell $(MAKE) OUTPUT=$(OUTPUT_FEATURES) CC=$(CC) CXX=$(CXX) CFLAGS="$(EXTRA_CFLAGS) $(FEATURE_CHECK_CFLAGS-$(1))" CXXFLAGS="$(EXTRA_CXXFLAGS) $(FEATURE_CHECK_CXXFLAGS-$(1))" LDFLAGS="$(LDFLAGS) $(FEATURE_CHECK_LDFLAGS-$(1))" -C $(feature_dir) $(OUTPUT_FEATURES)test-$1.bin >/dev/null 2>/dev/null && echo 1 || echo 0)
 endef
 
 feature_set = $(eval $(feature_set_code))
diff --git a/tools/build/feature/Makefile b/tools/build/feature/Makefile
index 8499385365c0..054e09ab4a9e 100644
--- a/tools/build/feature/Makefile
+++ b/tools/build/feature/Makefile
@@ -70,8 +70,6 @@ FILES=                                          \
 
 FILES := $(addprefix $(OUTPUT),$(FILES))
 
-CC ?= $(CROSS_COMPILE)gcc
-CXX ?= $(CROSS_COMPILE)g++
 PKG_CONFIG ?= $(CROSS_COMPILE)pkg-config
 LLVM_CONFIG ?= llvm-config