diff --git a/srcpkgs/light/template b/srcpkgs/light/template
index f7c56b07427..5f77de2b0e6 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/light/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/light/template
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ homepage="http://haikarainen.github.io/light/"
 distfiles="https://github.com/haikarainen/light/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=291ef234929adb20fe96359724c5ccad36cf396dd110f7001654c21e17800032
 
+pre_build() {
+	sed -i 's|^CC.*||g' Makefile
+}
+
 do_install() {
 	vbin light
 	gzip -d light.1.gz