diff --git a/gnu/packages/cpp.scm b/gnu/packages/cpp.scm
index 9c725edb94..b801ad83e1 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/cpp.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/cpp.scm
@@ -3234,7 +3234,7 @@ (define-public mpark-variant
                 ((".*3rdparty/googletest.*\n") "")
                 ((".*config_compiler_and_linker.*\n") "")
                 (("gtest_main") "gtest gtest_main")))))))
-    (native-inputs (list googletest gcc-12)) ; XXX: build fails with GCC 11
+    (native-inputs (list googletest))
     (home-page "https://github.com/mpark/variant")
     (synopsis "Implementation of std::variant for C++11/14/17")
     (description