diff --git a/config/CONFIG.Host.solaris-x86 b/config/CONFIG.Host.solaris-x86
index 02ac4d591..e371931f4 100644
--- a/config/CONFIG.Host.solaris-x86
+++ b/config/CONFIG.Host.solaris-x86
@@ -8,6 +8,3 @@
 # Solaris on x86
 ARCH_DEP_CPPFLAGS += -D_X86_
 
-GCC = gcc
-G++ = g++
-
diff --git a/config/CONFIG_SITE.Host.solaris b/config/CONFIG_SITE.Host.solaris
index ae4c28c48..b6669e83e 100644
--- a/config/CONFIG_SITE.Host.solaris
+++ b/config/CONFIG_SITE.Host.solaris
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@
 
 # APS overrides of definitions 
 
-GCC = /opt/gnu/bin/gcc
-G++ = /opt/gnu/bin/g++
+#GCC = /opt/gnu/bin/gcc
+#G++ = /opt/gnu/bin/g++