diff --git a/extra/firefox/PKGBUILD b/extra/firefox/PKGBUILD
index 87748cf59..aeaef2110 100644
--- a/extra/firefox/PKGBUILD
+++ b/extra/firefox/PKGBUILD
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 # Maintainer : Ionut Biru <ibiru@archlinux.org>
 # Contributor: Jakub Schmidtke <sjakub@gmail.com>
 
+# ALARM: Dan Cecile <dancecile@gmail.com>
+#  - changed GCC from 4.6 to system default
+
+buildarch=4
+
 pkgname=firefox
 pkgver=13.0.1
 pkgrel=1
@@ -12,7 +17,7 @@ depends=('gtk2' 'mozilla-common' 'libxt' 'startup-notification' 'mime-types' 'db
          'libnotify' 'desktop-file-utils' 'hicolor-icon-theme'
          'libvpx' 'libevent' 'nss>=3.13.3' 'hunspell' 'sqlite')
 makedepends=('unzip' 'zip' 'diffutils' 'python2' 'wireless_tools' 'yasm' 'mesa'
-             'autoconf2.13' 'libidl2' 'xorg-server-xvfb' 'imake' 'gcc4.6')
+             'autoconf2.13' 'libidl2' 'xorg-server-xvfb' 'imake')
 optdepends=('wireless_tools: Location detection via available WiFi networks')
 url="http://www.mozilla.org/projects/firefox"
 install=firefox.install
@@ -35,9 +40,6 @@ build() {
   sed -i '/^PRE_RELEASE_SUFFIX := ""/s/ ""//' \
     browser/base/Makefile.in
 
-  export CC=gcc-4.6
-  export CXX=g++-4.6
-
   export LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -Wl,-rpath,/usr/lib/firefox"
   export PYTHON="/usr/bin/python2"
   export MOZ_MAKE_FLAGS="$MAKEFLAGS"