diff --git a/core/combo/TARGET_linux-arm.mk b/core/combo/TARGET_linux-arm.mk
index dd7a8f0..8be89c4 100644
--- a/core/combo/TARGET_linux-arm.mk
+++ b/core/combo/TARGET_linux-arm.mk
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@
 TARGET_ARCH_VARIANT := armv5te
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(strip $(TARGET_GCC_VERSION)),)
+TARGET_GCC_VERSION := 4.6
+endif
+
 TARGET_ARCH_SPECIFIC_MAKEFILE := $(BUILD_COMBOS)/arch/$(TARGET_ARCH)/$(TARGET_ARCH_VARIANT).mk
 ifeq ($(strip $(wildcard $(TARGET_ARCH_SPECIFIC_MAKEFILE))),)
 $(error Unknown ARM architecture version: $(TARGET_ARCH_VARIANT))
diff --git a/core/combo/TARGET_linux-mips.mk b/core/combo/TARGET_linux-mips.mk
index 6e9cd01..dc28018 100644
--- a/core/combo/TARGET_linux-mips.mk
+++ b/core/combo/TARGET_linux-mips.mk
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@
 TARGET_ARCH_VARIANT := mips32r2-fp
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(strip $(TARGET_GCC_VERSION)),)
+TARGET_GCC_VERSION := 4.6
+endif
+
 TARGET_ARCH_SPECIFIC_MAKEFILE := $(BUILD_COMBOS)/arch/$(TARGET_ARCH)/$(TARGET_ARCH_VARIANT).mk
 ifeq ($(strip $(wildcard $(TARGET_ARCH_SPECIFIC_MAKEFILE))),)
 $(error Unknown MIPS architecture variant: $(TARGET_ARCH_VARIANT))
diff --git a/core/combo/TARGET_linux-x86.mk b/core/combo/TARGET_linux-x86.mk
index 948ee17..187e2c2 100644
--- a/core/combo/TARGET_linux-x86.mk
+++ b/core/combo/TARGET_linux-x86.mk
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@
 TARGET_ARCH_VARIANT := x86
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(strip $(TARGET_GCC_VERSION)),)
+TARGET_GCC_VERSION := 4.6
+endif
+
 # Include the arch-variant-specific configuration file.
 # Its role is to define various ARCH_X86_HAVE_XXX feature macros,
 # plus initial values for TARGET_GLOBAL_CFLAGS
diff --git a/core/config.mk b/core/config.mk
index 1af5a2a..747d8ed 100644
--- a/core/config.mk
+++ b/core/config.mk
@@ -225,11 +225,6 @@
 endif
 TARGET_CPU_ABI2 := $(strip $(TARGET_CPU_ABI2))
 
-# default target GCC version
-ifeq ($(strip $(TARGET_GCC_VERSION)),)
-TARGET_GCC_VERSION := 4.6
-endif
-
 # $(1): os/arch
 define select-android-config-h
 build/core/combo/include/arch/$(1)/AndroidConfig.h