diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 3e8f4b6df..e00848373 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ done
 # Detect the compiler toolchain
 $rootdir/scripts/detect_cc.sh --cc="$CC" --cxx="$CXX" --lto="${CONFIG[LTO]}" --ld="$LD" --cross-prefix="${CONFIG[CROSS_PREFIX]}"  > $rootdir/mk/cc.mk
 
-CC=$(cat $rootdir/mk/cc.mk | grep "DEFAULT_CC=" | cut -d "=" -f 2)
+CC=$(cat $rootdir/mk/cc.mk | grep "DEFAULT_CC=" | sed s/DEFAULT_CC=//)
 CC_TYPE=$(cat $rootdir/mk/cc.mk | grep "CC_TYPE=" | cut -d "=" -f 2)
 
 arch=$($CC -dumpmachine)