diff --git a/libs/evoral/wscript b/libs/evoral/wscript
index 4a3f3cf260..5eede834fa 100644
--- a/libs/evoral/wscript
+++ b/libs/evoral/wscript
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ EVORAL_LIB_VERSION = '0.0.0'
 APPNAME = 'evoral'
 
 def options(opt):
-    opt.load('compiler_c')
-    opt.load('compiler_cxx')
     autowaf.set_options(opt)
     opt.add_option('--test', action='store_true', default=False, dest='build_tests',
                     help="Build unit tests")
diff --git a/libs/pbd/wscript b/libs/pbd/wscript
index 66958f91b6..ef194f402d 100644
--- a/libs/pbd/wscript
+++ b/libs/pbd/wscript
@@ -87,7 +87,6 @@ libpbd_sources = [
 ]
 
 def options(opt):
-    opt.load('compiler_cxx')
     autowaf.set_options(opt)
     opt.add_option('--ppc', action='store_true', default=False, dest='ppc',
                    help='Compile with -arch ppc (OS X ONLY)')