https://bugs.gentoo.org/729258

--- me091011-orig/src/build
+++ me091011/src/build
@@ -158,12 +158,8 @@
         exit 1
     fi
 
-    # use cc by default if available
     if [ -r $MAKEBAS.mak ] ; then
-        # try to detect cc, if found use it in preference
-        if [ "`type cc | cut -b 1-5`" = "cc is" ] ; then
-            MAKEFILE=$MAKEBAS.mak
-        fi
+        MAKEFILE=$MAKEBAS.mak
         # Special rules for sun, if cc is /usr/ucb then this is a dummy.
         if [ $PLATFORM = "SunOS" ] ; then 
             WHATCC=`/usr/bin/which cc`
@@ -173,12 +169,8 @@
         fi                      
     fi
     if [ -z "$MAKEFILE" ] ; then
-        # failed to find cc, try gcc
         if [ -r $MAKEBAS.gmk ] ; then
-            # try to detect gcc, if found use it in preference
-            if [ "`type gcc | cut -b 1-6`" = "gcc is" ] ; then
-                MAKEFILE=$MAKEBAS.gmk
-            fi
+            MAKEFILE=$MAKEBAS.gmk
         fi
     fi
     if [ -z "$MAKEFILE" ] ; then