diff --git a/paludis/bashrc b/paludis/bashrc
index 6f9de1b..51c7c0d 100644
--- a/paludis/bashrc
+++ b/paludis/bashrc
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 # bashrc
 
 ## global settings
-CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
 CFLAGS="-march=core-avx2 -O2 -pipe -Wall"
 CXXFLAGS="${CFLAGS}"
 LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--as-needed -Wl,--hash-style=gnu"