diff --git a/.github/workflows/coverity.yml b/.github/workflows/coverity.yml
index 775eff207..4457474b7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/coverity.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/coverity.yml
@@ -28,10 +28,8 @@ jobs:
           sudo apt-get install -qq libapparmor-dev libcap-dev libseccomp-dev libselinux1-dev linux-libc-dev docbook2x
 
       - name: Compiler version
-        env:
-          CC: ${{ matrix.compiler }}
         run: |
-          ${CC} --version
+          gcc --version
 
       - name: Kernel version
         run: |