diff --git a/.github/workflows/http3-linux.yml b/.github/workflows/http3-linux.yml
index a1b15e1b87..0ee95f16b3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/http3-linux.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/http3-linux.yml
@@ -35,8 +35,6 @@ env:
   MAKEFLAGS: -j 5
   CURL_CI: github
   CURL_TEST_MIN: 1850
-  CC: gcc-12
-  CXX: g++-12
   DO_NOT_TRACK: '1'
   # renovate: datasource=github-tags depName=awslabs/aws-lc versioning=semver registryUrl=https://github.com
   AWSLC_VERSION: 5.0.0