--- git.old/Makefile	2012-04-17 13:29:46.280435340 +0200
+++ git/Makefile	2012-04-17 13:31:13.664433470 +0200
@@ -77,17 +77,7 @@ INSTALL_PROGRAM = ${INSTALL}
 INSTALL_DATA  = ${INSTALL} -m 644
 INSTALL_SCRIPT = ${INSTALL_PROGRAM}
 
-# If you are running a cross compiler, you may want to set this
-# to something more interesting, like "arm-linux-".  If you want
-# to compile vs uClibc, that can be done here as well.
-CROSS = #/usr/i386-linux-uclibc/usr/bin/i386-uclibc-
-CC = $(CROSS)gcc
-LD = $(CROSS)gcc
-AR = $(CROSS)ar
-STRIP = $(CROSS)strip
-RANLIB = $(CROSS)ranlib
-HOSTCC = gcc
-
+HOSTCC = $(BUILD_CC)
 
 # Now we set up the build system
 #
@@ -95,7 +85,7 @@ HOSTCC = gcc
 # set up PWD so that older versions of make will work with our build.
 PWD = $(shell pwd)
 
-export CROSS CC AR STRIP RANLIB CFLAGS LDFLAGS LIB_OBJS
+export CFLAGS LDFLAGS LIB_OBJS
 
 # check if compiler option is supported
 cc-supports = ${shell if $(CC) ${1} -S -o /dev/null -xc /dev/null > /dev/null 2>&1; then echo "$(1)"; fi;}