diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 8d6529c371e1..bce41f4180fc 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ ifneq ($(KBUILD_SRC),)
 	$(Q)$(CONFIG_SHELL) $(srctree)/scripts/mkmakefile $(srctree)
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(cc-name),clang)
+ifneq ($(shell $(CC) --version 2>&1 | head -n 1 | grep clang),)
 ifneq ($(CROSS_COMPILE),)
 CLANG_TARGET	:= --target=$(notdir $(CROSS_COMPILE:%-=%))
 GCC_TOOLCHAIN_DIR := $(dir $(shell which $(LD)))
diff --git a/scripts/Kbuild.include b/scripts/Kbuild.include
index 19a63db62fb9..bb015551c2d9 100644
--- a/scripts/Kbuild.include
+++ b/scripts/Kbuild.include
@@ -140,10 +140,6 @@ cc-option-yn = $(call try-run,\
 cc-disable-warning = $(call try-run,\
 	$(CC) -Werror $(KBUILD_CPPFLAGS) $(CC_OPTION_CFLAGS) -W$(strip $(1)) -c -x c /dev/null -o "$$TMP",-Wno-$(strip $(1)))
 
-# cc-name
-# Expands to either gcc or clang
-cc-name = $(shell $(CC) -v 2>&1 | grep -q "clang version" && echo clang || echo gcc)
-
 # cc-version
 cc-version = $(shell $(CONFIG_SHELL) $(srctree)/scripts/gcc-version.sh $(CC))