diff --git a/programs/develop/libraries/menuetlibc/src/Make.rules b/programs/develop/libraries/menuetlibc/src/Make.rules
index fb86c79569..35602159f0 100755
--- a/programs/develop/libraries/menuetlibc/src/Make.rules
+++ b/programs/develop/libraries/menuetlibc/src/Make.rules
@@ -2,9 +2,8 @@ include $(MENUETDEV)/osrules.mak
 
 .SUFFIXES: .asm;
 
-AS = as
+
 NASM = nasm
-CPP = cpp
 
 DEBUG = 0