diff --git a/audacity.changes b/audacity.changes
index 272cddf..99acdf4 100644
--- a/audacity.changes
+++ b/audacity.changes
@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
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-Tue Oct 10 13:18:04 UTC 2017 - olaf@aepfle.de
-
-- Check for gcc-6 at buildtime to fix Substitute: gcc5
-
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 Fri Aug 25 15:16:21 UTC 2017 - davejplater@gmail.com
 
diff --git a/audacity.spec b/audacity.spec
index ced3142..f2c3949 100644
--- a/audacity.spec
+++ b/audacity.spec
@@ -115,8 +115,6 @@ rm -rf lib-src/lame
 %build
 test -x "$(type -p gcc-5)" && export CC=gcc-5
 test -x "$(type -p g++-5)" && export CXX=g++-5
-test -x "$(type -p gcc-6)" && export CC=gcc-6
-test -x "$(type -p g++-6)" && export CXX=g++-6
 export CFLAGS="%{optflags} -fno-strict-aliasing"
 export CXXFLAGS="$CFLAGS -std=gnu++11"
 aclocal -I m4