diff --git a/projects/clr/hipamd/bin/hipcc b/projects/clr/hipamd/bin/hipcc
index 17a80755db..a74c79ec10 100755
--- a/projects/clr/hipamd/bin/hipcc
+++ b/projects/clr/hipamd/bin/hipcc
@@ -563,8 +563,6 @@ foreach $arg (@ARGV)
             $needCFLAGS = 1;
         } elsif ($hasCXX) {
             $needCXXFLAGS = 1;
-        } else {
-            $needCXXFLAGS = 1;
         }
         push (@inputs, $arg);
         #print "I: <$arg>\n";