diff --git a/srcpkgs/chicken/template b/srcpkgs/chicken/template
index 06e4de3ce2f..5345de58058 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/chicken/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/chicken/template
@@ -10,19 +10,18 @@ changelog="https://code.call-cc.org/releases/$version/NEWS"
 distfiles="http://code.call-cc.org/releases/$version/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
 checksum=5c1101a8d8faabfd500ad69101e0c7c8bd826c68970f89c270640470e7b84b4b
 
-# No ARM support??!!!
-archs="i686* x86_64* ppc64le*"
-
 do_configure() {
 	make -B -f Makefile.linux chicken-defaults.h PREFIX=/usr
 }
 do_build() {
-	make -j1 C_COMPILER_OPTIMIZATION_OPTIONS="$CFLAGS" \
+	make C_COMPILER="$CC" \
+		C_COMPILER_OPTIMIZATION_OPTIONS="$CFLAGS" \
 		LINKER_LINK_SHARED_PROGRAM_OPTIONS="$LDFLAGS" \
 		PREFIX=/usr PLATFORM=linux
 }
 do_install() {
-	make -j1 C_COMPILER_OPTIMIZATION_OPTIONS="$CFLAGS" \
+	make C_COMPILER="$CC" \
+		C_COMPILER_OPTIMIZATION_OPTIONS="$CFLAGS" \
 		LINKER_LINK_SHARED_PROGRAM_OPTIONS="$LDFLAGS" \
 		PREFIX=/usr DESTDIR=$DESTDIR PLATFORM=linux install
 	vlicense LICENSE