diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d98665f5aa..f0730aeeb2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ The library source tree:
 
  - Set environment:
   export HIP_PATH=<your path>/HIP
-  export HCC_PATH=<your path>/hcc
   export HCC_HOME=<your path>/hcc/build
   export CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=/opt/rocm/lib:/opt/rocm/include/hsa