diff --git a/ghc/mk/paths.mk b/ghc/mk/paths.mk
index 3a69dd0d8e9bdd1271fc605b6291fef85bca312b..4b11470fb266e22384979cee6ec725c3f63cc2b9 100644
--- a/ghc/mk/paths.mk
+++ b/ghc/mk/paths.mk
@@ -65,21 +65,9 @@ GHC_SYSMAN_DIR 		= $(GHC_RUNTIME_DIR)/gum
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Stuff for the C-compiling phase in particular...
 
-# NON-OPTIMISING C COMPILATION: =================================
-
-ifeq ($(HaveGcc), YES)
-GHC_DEBUG_HILEV_ASM 		= $(WhatGccIsCalled)
-else
-GHC_DEBUG_HILEV_ASM 		= $(CC)
-endif
-
-# OPTIMISING C COMPILATION (regs, etc): ==========================
-
 ifeq ($(HaveGcc), YES)
 GHC_OPT_HILEV_ASM 		= $(WhatGccIsCalled)
-GHC_GCC_IS_AVAILABLE 		= 1
 else
 GHC_OPT_HILEV_ASM 		= $(CC)
-GHC_GCC_IS_AVAILABLE 		= 0
 endif