diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 28c674b2faa9d353edfe7193c699302eaed5dadc..ddeaf56b888c357ebf63de2ca8308fd1decbd080 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -46,12 +46,6 @@ endif()
 
 find_package(Boost 1.68.0 COMPONENTS unit_test_framework iostreams program_options)
 find_package(MPI)
-
-if (MPI_FOUND)
-	set(ENV{CXX} mpic++)
-	set(ENV{CC} mpicc}
-endif()
-
 find_package(PETSc)
 find_package(HDF5)
 find_package(Eigen3)