diff --git a/src/template/hpux b/src/template/hpux
index 2c3754ef7d8c4b64e37f741dc729093446e605e1..3e26ff80dbdede45e69ba8b321c592b5fe836dbe 100644
--- a/src/template/hpux
+++ b/src/template/hpux
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ if test "$GCC" = yes ; then
   CFLAGS=-O2
   CCC=g++
 else
-  CFLAGS=-Ae
-  CPP='cc -E -Ae'
+  CC="$CC -Ae"
   CCC=aCC
 fi