diff --git a/.github/workflows/jit.yml b/.github/workflows/jit.yml
index 53ce9834d0ac4c..7a6f270d4b0a75 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/jit.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/jit.yml
@@ -147,10 +147,8 @@ jobs:
           export HOST=${{ matrix.architecture }}-linux-gnu
           sudo apt install --yes "gcc-$HOST" qemu-user
           export QEMU_LD_PREFIX="/usr/$HOST"
-          CC="$HOST-gcc" \
-            CPP="$HOST-gcc --preprocess" \
-            HOSTRUNNER=qemu-${{ matrix.architecture }} \
-            ./configure --enable-experimental-jit ${{ matrix.debug && '--with-pydebug' || '' }} --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --host="$HOST" --with-build-python=../build/bin/python3 --with-pkg-config=no ac_cv_buggy_getaddrinfo=no ac_cv_file__dev_ptc=no ac_cv_file__dev_ptmx=yes
+          HOSTRUNNER=qemu-${{ matrix.architecture }} \
+          ./configure --enable-experimental-jit ${{ matrix.debug && '--with-pydebug' || '' }} --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --host="$HOST" --with-build-python=../build/bin/python3 --with-pkg-config=no ac_cv_buggy_getaddrinfo=no ac_cv_file__dev_ptc=no ac_cv_file__dev_ptmx=yes
           make all --jobs 4
           ./python -m test --ignorefile=Tools/jit/ignore-tests-emulated-linux.txt --multiprocess 0 --timeout 4500 --verbose2 --verbose3